Time functions as utilities

DOI10.1007/s00220-010-1048-1zbMath1229.53079arXiv0909.0890OpenAlexW3101590846MaRDI QIDQ625479

Ettore Minguzzi

Publication date: 17 February 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0890

zbMATH Keywords

utilitiesgeneral relativitytime functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Global submanifolds (53C40)

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