Null surfaces and their singularities in three-dimensional Minkowski space-time

DOI10.1023/A:1001943407824zbMath0977.83002MaRDI QIDQ5930580

Gilberto Silva-Ortigoza

Publication date: 22 April 2001

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

zbMATH Keywords

conformal structure of space-timeMinkowski space-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Special relativity (83A05) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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