Algebraically special solutions of the Einstein equations with pure radiation fields

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/8/3/009zbMath0718.53057OpenAlexW1967834553WikidataQ58879917 ScholiaQ58879917MaRDI QIDQ5749928

Jerzy Lewandowski, Paweł~ Nurowski, Jacek Tafel

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/8/3/009

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equationsRobinson congruencecongruence of null geodesicsCauchy-Riemann surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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