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Spherically symmetric space-time of class one and electromagnetism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
Abstract
It is well known that a spherically symmetric space-time is, in general, of class two. A necessary and sufficient condition for a spherically symmetric space-time to be of class one has been obtained in terms of the Riemann curvature tensor. By means of a transformation property of s.s. space-time, three distinct cases are shown to exist. The incompatibility of class one spherically symmetric space-times with Rainich algebraic conditions is established in these three cases. It is concluded that spherically symmetric electromagnetic fields cannot be embedded in a flat space of 5-dimensions.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 64 , Issue 3 , July 1968 , pp. 757 - 764
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- Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1968
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