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A Geodesic Completeness Theorem for Locally Symmetric Lorentz Manifolds

Javier LAFUENTE LÓPEZ
Departamento de Geometría y Topología
Facultad de Matemáticas
Universidad Complutense
28040 Madrid Spain

Received: February 22, 1988
Revised: April 14, 1988
ABSTRACT
We prove that a locally symmetric and a null-complete Lorentz manifold is geodetically complete.

1980 Mathematics Subject Classification (1985 revision): 53C50.