Homothetic maps of the space-time distance function and differentiability

DOI10.1007/BF00760868zbMath0419.53034MaRDI QIDQ1132414

John K. Beem

Publication date: 1978

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

causal mapsMinkowski spacespace-timehomothetic mapsPoincare group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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