A note on the integrability conditions for the existence of rational first integrals of the geodesic equations in a Riemannian space

DOI10.1007/BF00766486zbMath0581.53010OpenAlexW1625620000WikidataQ115394886 ScholiaQ115394886MaRDI QIDQ1067614

C. D. Collinson

Publication date: 1986

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00766486

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsfirst integrals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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