Lie symmetries of geodesic equations and projective collineations

被引:19
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作者
Tsamparlis, Michael [1 ]
Paliathanasis, Andronikos [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Athens, Dept Phys, Sect Astron Astrophys Mech, Athens 15783, Greece
关键词
Geodesics; General relativity theory; Classical mechanics; Collineations; Riemannian space; Autoparallels; Lie symmetries; Projective collineations; DIFFERENTIAL-EQUATIONS; SPACES;
D O I
10.1007/s11071-010-9710-x
中图分类号
TH [机械、仪表工业];
学科分类号
0802 ;
摘要
We prove a theorem which relates the Lie symmetries of the geodesic equations in a Riemannian space with the collineations of the metric. We apply the results to Einstein spaces and spaces of constant curvature. Finally with examples we show the use of the results.
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页码:203 / 214
页数:12
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