Methods of infinite dimensional Morse theory for geodesics on Finsler manifolds
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عنوان ژورنال: Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0362-546X
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2014.09.016