The structure of tetrad formalisms in general relativity: the general case

DOI10.1007/BF00764473zbMath0452.53015MaRDI QIDQ1148570

S. Brian Edgar

Publication date: 1980

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

zbMATH Keywords

Newman-Penrose tetrad formalismGeroch-Held-Penrose formulation of the tetrad formalismtetrad formalisms in general relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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Field equations and the tetrad connection ⋮ On Chandrasekhar’s perturbation analysis. I. The superfluity of the N.P. system ⋮ Integration in the GHP formalism. III: Finding conformally flat radiation metrics as an example of an `optimal situation' ⋮ Studying conformally flat spacetimes with an elastic stress energy tensor using \(1+3\) formalism ⋮ An asymptotically flat vacuum solution ⋮ Integration methods within existing tetrad formalisms in general relativity ⋮ Workshop 1: Dynamics of the Einstein field equations ⋮ Integration in the GHP formalism. IV: A new Lie derivative operator leading to an efficient treatment of Killing vectors

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