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We investigate the behavior of curves in the space of Riemannian metrics which corresponds to Einstein space-times admitting a Gaussian foliation. Different types of variational principles are formulated and some global dynamical properties of these space-times are obtained.
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Christodoulou, D., Francaviglia, M. Some dynamical properties of Einstein space-times admitting a Gaussian foliation. Gen Relat Gravit 10, 455–459 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00759281
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00759281