k-jet field approximations to geodesic deviation equations

DOI10.1142/S0219887818501992zbMATH Open1408.83011arXiv1301.6352WikidataQ129268345 ScholiaQ129268345MaRDI QIDQ4615083FDOQ4615083

Authors: Ricardo Gallego Torromé, Jonathan Gratus 

Publication date: 1 February 2019

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $M$ be a smooth manifold and $mathcalS$ a semi-spray defined on a sub-bundle $mathcalC$ of the tangent bundle $TM$. In this work it is proved that the only non-trivial $k$-jet approximation to the exact geodesic deviation equation of $mathcalS$, linear on the deviation functions and invariant under an specific class of local coordinate transformations is the Jacobi equation. However, if the linearity property on the dependence in the deviation functions is not imposed, then there are differential equations whose solutions admit $k$-jet approximations and are invariant under arbitrary coordinate transformations. As an example of higher order geodesic deviation equations we study the first and second order geodesic deviation equations for a Finsler spray.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6352

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zbMATH Keywords

generalized Jacobi equationFinsler spacetimesgeodesic deviation equationsBerwald spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Linear and affine connections (53B05) Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Other connections (53B15)

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