Existence of closed timelike geodesics in Lorentz spaces
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Abstract:
Certain classes of compact four-dimensional Lorentz spaces are shown to possess at least one closed timelike geodesic.References
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- © Copyright 1979 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 76 (1979), 145-147
- MSC: Primary 83C15; Secondary 53C50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1979-0534406-6
- MathSciNet review: 534406