On the equivalence of spacetimes, the Cartan-Karlhede algorithm

Abstract It is well known that in general relativity theory two spacetimes whose metrics are related by a coordinate transformation are physically equivalent. However, given two line elements, it is virtually impossible to implement the most general coordinate transformation in order to check the eq...

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Main Author: Mergulhão,Thiago Muniz (author)
Other Authors: Batista,Carlos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172020000100437
Country:Brazil
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