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The classification of some spherically symmetric space-time metrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

J.M. Foyster
Affiliation:
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn, Victoria
C.B.G. McIntosh
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.
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Abstract

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It is shown that the Petrov-Plebański classification of the trace-free Ricci tensors of some spherically symmetric metrics is invariant, contrary to an assertion by Takeno and Kitamura concerning these metrics.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1973

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