Lorentz dynamics on closed 3-manifolds
Annales Henri Lebesgue, Volume 3 (2020), pp. 407-471.

In this paper, we give a complete topological, as well as geometrical classification of closed 3-dimensional Lorentz manifolds admitting a noncompact isometry group.

Nous donnons une classification topologique, et géométrique, complète des variétés Lorentziennes compactes de dimension 3 dont le groupe d’isométries n’est pas compact.

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DOI: 10.5802/ahl.37
Classification: 53C10, 53C23, 53C50
Keywords: Lorentzian geometry
Frances, Charles 1

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Frances, Charles. Lorentz dynamics on closed $3$-manifolds. Annales Henri Lebesgue, Volume 3 (2020), pp. 407-471. doi : 10.5802/ahl.37. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.5802/ahl.37/

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