Locally inertial reference frames in Lorentzian and Riemann-Cartan spacetimes

DOI10.1002/ANDP.201100302zbMath1248.83006arXiv1111.2206OpenAlexW2130246428MaRDI QIDQ2902564

J. Fernando T. Giglio, Waldyr Alves jun. Rodrigues

Publication date: 21 August 2012

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.2206

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian spacetimesRiemann-Cartan spacetimeslocally inertial reference frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Special relativity (83A05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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