FERMAT PRINCIPLE IN GENERAL-RELATIVITY

Authors
BEL L MARTIN J
Citation
L. Bel et J. Martin, FERMAT PRINCIPLE IN GENERAL-RELATIVITY, General relativity and gravitation, 26(6), 1994, pp. 567-585
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
General relativity and gravitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017701
Volume
26
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
567 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7701(1994)26:6<567:FPIG>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We derive Fermat's principle from the causal structure of spacetime, a s well as from an appropriate variational principle. We show that the latter leads to a particular Hamilton-Jacobi formalism.