1996/11/05 by M. D. Maia, Maia, M. D.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9611010
10 pages, Revtex, no figures, email [email protected]
arxiv created 1996/11/05 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The concept of time is discussed in the context of the canonical formulation of the gravitational field. Using a hypersurface orthogonal foliation, the arbitrariness of the lapse function is eliminated and the shift vector vanishes, allowing a consistent definition of time.