A review of the geometrical equivalence of metrics in general relativity

DOI10.1007/BF00771861zbMath0455.53023OpenAlexW2047612186WikidataQ56003515 ScholiaQ56003515MaRDI QIDQ1150158

Publication date: 1980

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00771861

zbMATH Keywords

equivalence problem coordinate invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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