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A spatially homogeneous gravitational field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

V. Joseph
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Ceylon, Colombo

Abstract

A solution of Einstein's vacuum field equations, apparently new, is exhibited. The metric, which is homogeneous (that is, admits a three-parameter group of motions transitive on space-like hypersurfaces), belongs to Taub Type V. The canonical form of the Riemann tensor, which is of Petrov Type I, is determined.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1966

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