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Symmetric energy-momentum tensors in relativistic field theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. S. de Wet
J. S. de Wet
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Balliol CollegeOxford
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In relativistic field theories derived by a variation principle from a Lagrangian, the problem arises of finding a symmetric tensor of rank 2 which has vanishing divergence in virtue of the field equations and is such that taken over a space-like section is equal to the corresponding integral of the so-called canonical energy-momentum tensor. It is well known that the latter condition is satisfied if the difference between the two tensors is the divergence of an antisymmetric tensor of rank 3.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1947 , pp. 511 - 520
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1947

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