Projective differential geometry and geodesic conservation laws in general relativity. I: Projective actions

DOI10.1007/BF00760099zbMath0556.53044OpenAlexW2090253584WikidataQ115394907 ScholiaQ115394907MaRDI QIDQ760928

Geoff Prince, Mike Crampin

Publication date: 1984

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00760099

zbMATH Keywords

geodesic equationgeodesic deviationLagrangian structureprojective group actions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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