Dimensional analysis in relativity and in differential geometry

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/ABA90BMaRDI QIDQ6108049zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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Publication date 29 June 2023

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.14217

zbMATH Keywords

differential geometrydimensional analysisEinstein equationsrelativityunits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects in vector and tensor analysis (53A45) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M55) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: This note provides a short guide to dimensional analysis in Lorentzian and general relativity and in differential geometry. It tries to revive Dorgelo and Schouten's notion of 'intrinsic' or 'absolute' dimension of a tensorial quantity. The intrinsic dimension is independent of the dimensions of the coordinates and expresses the physical and operational meaning of a tensor. The dimensional analysis of several important tensors and tensor operations is summarized. In particular it is shown that the components of a tensor need not have all the same dimension, and that the Riemann (once contravariant and thrice covariant), Ricci (twice covariant), and Einstein (twice covariant) curvature tensors are dimensionless. The relation between dimension and operational meaning for the metric and stress-energy-momentum tensors is discussed; and the possible conventions for the dimensions of these two tensors and of Einstein's constant $kappa$, including the curious possibility $kappa=8piG$ without $c$ factors, are reviewed.

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