Locally inertial reference frames in Lorentzian and Riemann-Cartan spacetimes

DOI10.1002/andp.201100302zbMath1248.83006arXiv1111.2206MaRDI QIDQ2902564

J. Fernando T. Giglio, Waldyr Alves jun. Rodrigues

Publication date: 21 August 2012

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.2206

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian spacetimes; Riemann-Cartan spacetimes; locally inertial reference frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

83A05: Special relativity

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

83C10: Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory

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