Conformal vector fields and conformal-type collineations in space-times

DOI10.1023/A:1001941209388zbMath0976.53073OpenAlexW2391376150MaRDI QIDQ1582425

Graham S. Hall

Publication date: 18 December 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1001941209388

zbMATH Keywords

general relativityconformal vector fieldKilling symmetrymetrics with symmetriesWeyl collineation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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