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On Geodesics of a Modified Riemannian Manifold

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

D. K. Sen
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In Riemannian geometry the autoparallels associated with the affine connexion coincide with the geodesies which arise from the metric. This is not the case in a modification of Riemannian geometry suggested by Lyra. A sufficient condition that the two classes of curves coincide is obtained.

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Research Article
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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , 01 September 1960 , pp. 255 - 261
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1960

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