Separation of variables and symmetry operators for the conformally invariant Klein-Gordon equation on curved spacetime

DOI10.1007/BF00398553zbMath0576.53051MaRDI QIDQ1065375

Niky Kamran, Raymond G. Mclenaghan

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Klein-Gordon equation; Laplace-Beltrami equation; separability properties; conformally invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

35Q99: Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application

53B50: Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences

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