The Signature Problem for Embedded Space-times

1995/01/25 by M. D. Maia, Maia, M. D., Edmundo M. Monte +2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cryptographic Implementations and Security #DNA and Biological Computing #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9501031

13 pages, Latex

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Abstract

The compatibility between the general relativity and the mathematical property that the space-times are embedded manifolds are further examined. In particular we study the uniqueness of the signature of the embedding space for a given space-time. The interpretation of the twisting vector as a gauge potential is also implemented.

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