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Some wave solutions in general relativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

L. K. Patel
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 9 (India)

Abstract

A general scheme for the derivation of wave solutions in general relativity is developed. Some solutions describing the flow of gravitational waves are discussed. Singular electromagnetic fields corresponding to one particular solution are also discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1974

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