Local differential geometry of null curves in conformally flat space-time

DOI10.1063/1.528549MaRDI QIDQ3482473zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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Publication date 1989

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528549

zbMATH Keywords

null curvesconformally flat space-timestwistor description

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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