The 'complex trick' in five-dimensional relativity

Lessner, G.

doi:10.1007/s10714-009-0902-y

The 'complex trick' in five-dimensional relativity

G. Lessner
(
- Paderborn U.
)

2008

8 pages

Published in:

Gen.Rel.Grav. 40 (2008) 2177-2184,
Gen.Rel.Grav. 41 (2009) 2939 (erratum)

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The generation method developed by Newman et al. which creates from spherically symmetric solutions of the field equations by a complex coordinate transformation axisymmetric solutions is extended to five-dimensional relativity.

Five-dimensional relativity
Generation techniques
field equations: solution
symmetry: axial
symmetry: rotation
relativity theory
dimension: 5
tetrad
Kaluza-Klein model

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(
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)

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