Editorial note to: Pascual Jordan, Jürgen Ehlers and Rainer K. Sachs, ``Contributions to the theory of pure gravitational radiation. Exact solutions of the field equations of the general theory of relativity II
DOI10.1007/s10714-013-1589-7zbMath1283.83014OpenAlexW2060452588WikidataQ125907285 ScholiaQ125907285MaRDI QIDQ2435120
Wolfgang Kundt, Malcolm A. H. MacCallum
Publication date: 3 February 2014
Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-013-1589-7
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History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Gravitational waves (83C35) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)
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