Transformation to pseudo-Cartesian coordinates in locally flat pseudo-Riemannian spaces

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2006.12.001zbMath1117.53016WikidataQ115353434 ScholiaQ115353434MaRDI QIDQ886333

Joshua T. Horwood, Raymond G. Mclenaghan

Publication date: 26 June 2007

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2006.12.001

zbMATH Keywords

curvilinear coordinates; Hamilton-Jacobi theory; separation of variables; flat pseudo-Riemannian spaces; parallel covector fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53A45: Differential geometric aspects in vector and tensor analysis

70H20: Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics

53B50: Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences

53B30: Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics

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