Variational principles for gravity and fluids (Q1175574)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 11917
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 11917 |
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Variational principles for gravity and fluids (English)
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25 June 1992
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Variational principles for general relativity are reviewed in terms of differential forms. A chapter on gravity as a Poincaré gauge field theory (Riemann-Cartan theory) discusses possible choices of Lagrangians for the field and of matter-gravity interacting Lagrangians. A chapter on special cases describes metric and metric-teleparallel (tetrad) theories. A chapter on fluids contains a variational principle for Stachel's perfect fluid of multidimensional objects (particles, strings, membranes etc.) The final chapter includes multidimensional objects with spin. The paper is written in local coordinate notation.
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Einstein-Cartan
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gravity
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Lagrangian
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Poincaré gauge field theory
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fluids
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variational principle
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