Sectional curvature and tidal accelerations

DOI10.1063/1.528815zbMATH Open0704.53066OpenAlexW2084540777MaRDI QIDQ3483983FDOQ3483983

Authors: John K. Beem, Phillip E. Parker 

Publication date: 1990

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528815

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zbMATH Keywords

curvature tensorPetrov typesectional curvaturesgeodesic deviationtidal forcesnondestructive direction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) General relativity (83C99)

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