Nongeneric null vectors

DOI10.1007/BF00759195MaRDI QIDQ1309031zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors John K. Beem, Steven (Stacey) G. Harris

Publication date 13 March 1994

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00759195

zbMATH Keywords

curvature tensorgenericity conditionLorentz manifoldnull vectors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Basic linear algebra (15A99) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Review text

This is a sequel to [ibid., 939-962 (1993) see the preceding review] by the same authors. Here they are studying the genericity condition in general relativity for null vectors at a given point \(p\) of a Lorentz manifold. They show that at \(p\) the curvature tensor must be of the form \(R(X,Y)Z = c(g(Z,X)Y - g(Z,Y)X)\) if in the space of null vectors at \(p\) there exists an open set of non-generic null-vectors. In dimension 4 they can infer this form of the curvature tensor from the existence of 11 `generically situated' null vectors which are non-generic.

Recommendations

• The generic condition is generic
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3870132
• On null submanifolds in spacetimes
• On conformally birecurrent Ricci-recurrent manifolds
• Curvature collineations in general relativity. I

Cites work

• Sectional curvature and tidal accelerations
• Some remarks on sectional curvature and tidal accelerations
• The generic condition is generic
• Values of pseudoriemannian sectional curvature

Cited in

(4)

• The generic condition is generic
• Locally homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds
• Lorentzian causality theory
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 124944 (Why is no real title available?)

This page was built for publication: Nongeneric null vectors

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1309031)