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Singularities of lightlike hypersurfaces in Minkowski four-space

Donghe PeiMarek KossowskiM. Carmen Romero FusterShyuichi Izumiya

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Pure mathematicsLightlike hypersurfaceGeneral MathematicsMathematical analysisspacelike surfacelightconePhysics::Classical PhysicsSpace (mathematics)53A3541458C27Computer Science::OtherLorentzian distance-squared functionGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyMinkowski spaceGravitational singularityMathematics::Differential GeometryMathematics

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

https://doi.org/10.2748/tmj/1145390206