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A GENERALIZATION OF THE LORENTZIAN SPLITTING THEOREM

  • Yun, Jong-Gug (Department of Mathematics Education Korea National University of Education)
  • Received : 2011.03.15
  • Published : 2012.05.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we obtain a generalized Lorentzian splitting theorem by weakening the assumption of nonnegative Ricci curvature.

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