A local variational theory for the Schmidt metric

DOI10.1063/1.532047zbMath0878.58016arXivgr-qc/9612005OpenAlexW3102412605MaRDI QIDQ4345176

Fredrik Ståhl

Publication date: 8 January 1998

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9612005

zbMATH Keywords

causal curvesnull geodesic\(b\)-lengthcluster curveminimal \(b\)-length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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