Stability of the conjugate index, degenerate conjugate points and the Maslov index in semi-Riemannian geometry.
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Publication:1858331
DOI10.2140/pjm.2002.206.375zbMath1063.53047OpenAlexW1967943714MaRDI QIDQ1858331
Francesco Mercuri, Paolo Piccione, Daniel V. Tausk
Publication date: 13 February 2003
Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.2002.206.375
Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)
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