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Scale covariant Lagrangians and spaces reciprocal to static Einstein spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

H. A. Buchdahl
H. A. Buchdahl
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600
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Abstract

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The main aim of this paper is to derive a condition whose satisfaction ensures that the Euler–Lagrange equations of a non-linear scale covariant Lagrangian are satisfied by the metric of a space reciprocal to an arbitrary static Einstein space.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , January 1980 , pp. 338 - 344
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1980

References

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