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Andréka, H., Madarász, J., Németi, I. (2007). Logic of Space-Time and Relativity Theory. In: Aiello, M., Pratt-Hartmann, I., Van Benthem, J. (eds) Handbook of Spatial Logics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5587-4_11
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