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2006 Singularities of lightlike hypersurfaces in Minkowski four-space
Shyuichi Izumiya, Marek Kossowski, Donghe Pei, M. Carmen Romero Fuster
Tohoku Math. J. (2) 58(1): 71-88 (2006). DOI: 10.2748/tmj/1145390206

Abstract

We classify singularities of lightlike hypersurfaces in Minkowski 4-space via the contact invariants for the corresponding spacelike surfaces and lightcones.

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Shyuichi Izumiya. Marek Kossowski. Donghe Pei. M. Carmen Romero Fuster. "Singularities of lightlike hypersurfaces in Minkowski four-space." Tohoku Math. J. (2) 58 (1) 71 - 88, 2006. https://doi.org/10.2748/tmj/1145390206

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Published: 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 18 April 2006

zbMATH: 1111.53018
MathSciNet: MR2221792
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2748/tmj/1145390206

Subjects:
Primary: 53A35
Secondary: 58C27

Keywords: lightcone , Lightlike hypersurface , Lorentzian distance-squared function , spacelike surface

Rights: Copyright © 2006 Tohoku University

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