A generalised Kerr-Robinson theorem

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/5/2/007zbMath0637.53089OpenAlexW2015860712WikidataQ56020187 ScholiaQ56020187MaRDI QIDQ3777024

Lionel J. Mason, Lane P. Hughston

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/5/2/007

zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equationsnull solutionsKerr-Robinson theoremspacetimes of arbitrary even dimension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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