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Geodesics on non-static Lorentz manifolds of Reissner-Nordström type. (English) Zbl 0725.53048

Math. Ann. 291, No. 3, 383-402 (1991); erratum ibid. 299, No. 1, 190 (1994).
We prove existence and multiplicity results of geodesics joining two given events in Lorentz manifolds which are non-static and non- geodesically complete. A simple physical example of such manifolds is the non-static region of the Reissner-Nordström spacetime.
Reviewer: F.Giannoni (Pisa)

MSC:

53C22 Geodesics in global differential geometry
53C50 Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics
53C80 Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences
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