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Exact Solutions of Einstein’s Field Equations
A revised edition of the now classic text, Exact Solutions of Einstein’s Field Equationsgives a unique survey of the known solutions of Einstein’s field equations for vacuum,Einstein–Maxwell, pure radiation and perfect fluid sources. It starts by introducing thefoundations of differential geometry and Riemannian geometry and the methods usedto characterize, find or construct solutions. The solutions are then considered, orderedby their symmetry group, their algebraic structure (Petrov type) or other invariantproperties such as special subspaces or tensor fields and embedding properties.
This edition has been expanded and updated to include the new developments in thefield since the publication of the first edition. It contains five completely new chapters,covering topics such as generation methods and their application, colliding waves, clas-sification of metrics by invariants and inhomogeneous cosmologies. It is an importantsource and guide for graduates and researchers in relativity, theoretical physics, astro-physics and mathematics. Parts of the book can also be used for preparing lectures andas an introductory text on some mathematical aspects of general relativity.
han s s t ephan i gained his Diploma, Ph.D. and Habilitation at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena. He became Professor of Theoretical Physics in 1992, beforeretiring in 2000. He has been lecturing in theoretical physics since 1964 and has pub-lished numerous papers and articles on relativity and optics. He is also the author offour books.
d i e tr i ch kramer is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena. He graduated from this university, where he also finished his Ph.D.(1966) and habilitation (1970). His current research concerns classical relativity. Themajority of his publications are devoted to exact solutions in general relativity.
malcolm maccal lum is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the School ofMathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, where he is also Vice-Principal for Science and Engineering. He graduated from Kings College, Cambridgeand went on to complete his M.A. and Ph.D. there. His research covers general rela-tivity and computer algebra, especially tensor manipulators and differential equations.He has published over 100 papers, review articles and books.
corne l i u s hoen s e laer s gained his Diploma at Technische UniversitatKarlsruhe, his D.Sc. at Hiroshima Daigaku and his Habilitation at Ludwig-MaximilianUniversitat Munchen. He is Reader in Relativity Theory at Loughborough University.He has specialized in exact solutions in general relativity and other non-linear par-tial differential equations, and published a large number of papers, review articles andbooks.
eduard herlt is wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Theoretisch PhysikalischesInstitut der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena. Having studied physics as an under-graduate at Jena, he went on to complete his Ph.D. there as well as his Habilitation.He has had numerous publications including one previous book.
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1 Introduction 11.1 What are exact solutions, and why study them? 11.2 The development of the subject 31.3 The contents and arrangement of this book 41.4 Using this book as a catalogue 7
Part I: General methods 9
2 Differential geometry without a metric 92.1 Introduction 92.2 Differentiable manifolds 102.3 Tangent vectors 122.4 One-forms 132.5 Tensors 152.6 Exterior products and p-forms 172.7 The exterior derivative 182.8 The Lie derivative 212.9 The covariant derivative 232.10 The curvature tensor 252.11 Fibre bundles 27
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3 Some topics in Riemannian geometry 303.1 Introduction 303.2 The metric tensor and tetrads 303.3 Calculation of curvature from the metric 343.4 Bivectors 353.5 Decomposition of the curvature tensor 373.6 Spinors 403.7 Conformal transformations 433.8 Discontinuities and junction conditions 45
4 The Petrov classification 484.1 The eigenvalue problem 484.2 The Petrov types 494.3 Principal null directions and determination of the
Petrov types 53
5 Classification of the Ricci tensor and theenergy-momentum tensor 57
5.1 The algebraic types of the Ricci tensor 575.2 The energy-momentum tensor 605.3 The energy conditions 635.4 The Rainich conditions 645.5 Perfect fluids 65
6 Vector fields 686.1 Vector fields and their invariant classification 68
6.2 Vector fields and the curvature tensor 726.2.1 Timelike unit vector fields 726.2.2 Null vector fields 74
7 The Newman–Penrose and relatedformalisms 75
7.1 The spin coefficients and their transformationlaws 75
7.2 The Ricci equations 787.3 The Bianchi identities 817.4 The GHP calculus 847.5 Geodesic null congruences 867.6 The Goldberg–Sachs theorem and its generalizations 87
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8 Continuous groups of transformations; isometryand homothety groups 91
8.1 Lie groups and Lie algebras 918.2 Enumeration of distinct group structures 958.3 Transformation groups 978.4 Groups of motions 988.5 Spaces of constant curvature 1018.6 Orbits of isometry groups 104
8.6.1 Simply-transitive groups 1058.6.2 Multiply-transitive groups 106
8.7 Homothety groups 110
9 Invariants and the characterization of geometries 1129.1 Scalar invariants and covariants 1139.2 The Cartan equivalence method for space-times 1169.3 Calculating the Cartan scalars 120
9.3.1 Determination of the Petrov and Segre types 1209.3.2 The remaining steps 124
9.4 Extensions and applications of the Cartan method 1259.5 Limits of families of space-times 126
10.2.1 Point transformations and their generators 12910.2.2 How to find the Lie point symmetries of a given
differential equation 13110.2.3 How to use Lie point symmetries: similarity
reduction 13210.3 Symmetries more general than Lie symmetries 134
10.3.1 Contact and Lie–Backlund symmetries 13410.3.2 Generalized and potential symmetries 134
10.4 Prolongation 13710.4.1 Integral manifolds of differential forms 13710.4.2 Isovectors, similarity solutions and conservation laws 14010.4.3 Prolongation structures 141
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10.11 Generation methods including perfect fluids 15210.11.1 Methods using the existence of Killing vectors 15210.11.2 Conformal transformations 155
Part II: Solutions with groups of motions 157
11 Classification of solutions with isometries orhomotheties 157
11.1 The possible space-times with isometries 15711.2 Isotropy and the curvature tensor 15911.3 The possible space-times with proper
homothetic motions 16211.4 Summary of solutions with homotheties 167
12 Homogeneous space-times 17112.1 The possible metrics 17112.2 Homogeneous vacuum and null Einstein-Maxwell space-times 17412.3 Homogeneous non-null electromagnetic fields 17512.4 Homogeneous perfect fluid solutions 17712.5 Other homogeneous solutions 18012.6 Summary 181
13 Hypersurface-homogeneous space-times 18313.1 The possible metrics 183
13.1.1 Metrics with a G6 on V3 18313.1.2 Metrics with a G4 on V3 18313.1.3 Metrics with a G3 on V3 187
13.2 Formulations of the field equations 18813.3 Vacuum, Λ-term and Einstein–Maxwell solutions 194
13.3.1 Solutions with multiply-transitive groups 19413.3.2 Vacuum spaces with a G3 on V3 19613.3.3 Einstein spaces with a G3 on V3 19913.3.4 Einstein–Maxwell solutions with a G3 on V3 201
13.4 Perfect fluid solutions homogeneous on T3 20413.5 Summary of all metrics with Gr on V3 207
14 Spatially-homogeneous perfect fluid cosmologies 21014.1 Introduction 21014.2 Robertson–Walker cosmologies 21114.3 Cosmologies with a G4 on S3 21414.4 Cosmologies with a G3 on S3 218
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18.2 The Ricci tensor on Σ3 27718.3 Conformal transformation of Σ3 and the field equations 27818.4 Vacuum and Einstein–Maxwell equations for stationary
19 Stationary axisymmetric fields: basic conceptsand field equations 292
19.1 The Killing vectors 29219.2 Orthogonal surfaces 29319.3 The metric and the projection formalism 29619.4 The field equations for stationary axisymmetric Einstein–
Maxwell fields 29819.5 Various forms of the field equations for stationary axisym-
metric vacuum fields 29919.6 Field equations for rotating fluids 302
class) 30420.3 The class of solutions U = U(ω) (Papapetrou’s class) 30920.4 The class of solutions S = S(A) 31020.5 The Kerr solution and the Tomimatsu–Sato class 31120.6 Other solutions 31320.7 Solutions with factor structure 316
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21.1.4 Complexification and the Newman–Janis ‘complextrick’ 328
21.1.5 Other solutions 32921.2 Perfect fluid solutions 330
21.2.1 Line element and general properties 33021.2.2 The general dust solution 33121.2.3 Rigidly rotating perfect fluid solutions 33321.2.4 Perfect fluid solutions with differential rotation 337
22 Groups G2I on spacelike orbits: cylindricalsymmetry 341
22.1 General remarks 34122.2 Stationary cylindrically-symmetric fields 34222.3 Vacuum fields 35022.4 Einstein–Maxwell and pure radiation fields 354
24.5 The plane-fronted gravitational waves with parallel rays(pp-waves) 383
25 Collision of plane waves 38725.1 General features of the collision problem 38725.2 The vacuum field equations 38925.3 Vacuum solutions with collinear polarization 39225.4 Vacuum solutions with non-collinear polarization 39425.5 Einstein–Maxwell fields 397
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25.6 Stiff perfect fluids and pure radiation 40325.6.1 Stiff perfect fluids 40325.6.2 Pure radiation (null dust) 405
Part III: Algebraically special solutions 407
26 The various classes of algebraically specialsolutions. Some algebraically general solutions 407
26.1 Solutions of Petrov type II, D, III or N 40726.2 Petrov type D solutions 41226.3 Conformally flat solutions 41326.4 Algebraically general vacuum solutions with geodesic
and non-twisting rays 413
27 The line element for metrics with κ = σ = 0 =R11 = R14 = R44, Θ + iω = 0 416
27.1 The line element in the case with twisting rays (ω = 0) 41627.1.1 The choice of the null tetrad 41627.1.2 The coordinate frame 41827.1.3 Admissible tetrad and coordinate transformations 420
27.2 The line element in the case with non-twisting rays (ω = 0) 420
28.1.1 The field equations and their solutions 42228.1.2 Special cases and explicit solutions 424
28.2 Robinson–Trautman Einstein–Maxwell fields 42728.2.1 Line element and field equations 42728.2.2 Solutions of type III, N and O 42928.2.3 Solutions of type D 42928.2.4 Type II solutions 431
28.3 Robinson–Trautman pure radiation fields 43528.4 Robinson–Trautman solutions with a cosmological
constant Λ 436
29 Twisting vacuum solutions 43729.1 Twisting vacuum solutions – the field equations 437
29.1.1 The structure of the field equations 43729.1.2 The integration of the main equations 43829.1.3 The remaining field equations 44029.1.4 Coordinate freedom and transformation
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29.2 Some general classes of solutions 44229.2.1 Characterization of the known classes of solutions 44229.2.2 The case ∂ζI = ∂ζ(G
2 − ∂ζG) = 0 44529.2.3 The case ∂ζI = ∂ζ(G
2 − ∂ζG) = 0, L,u = 0 44629.2.4 The case I = 0 44729.2.5 The case I = 0 = L,u 44929.2.6 Solutions independent of ζ and ζ 450
29.3 Solutions of type N (Ψ2 = 0 = Ψ3) 45129.4 Solutions of type III (Ψ2 = 0,Ψ3 = 0) 45229.5 Solutions of type D (3Ψ2Ψ4 = 2Ψ2
3, Ψ2 = 0) 45229.6 Solutions of type II 454
30 Twisting Einstein–Maxwell and pure radiationfields 455
30.1 The structure of the Einstein–Maxwell field equations 45530.2 Determination of the radial dependence of the metric and the
Maxwell field 45630.3 The remaining field equations 45830.4 Charged vacuum metrics 45930.5 A class of radiative Einstein–Maxwell fields (Φ02 = 0) 46030.6 Remarks concerning solutions of the different Petrov types 46130.7 Pure radiation fields 463
30.7.1 The field equations 46330.7.2 Generating pure radiation fields from vacuum by
changing P 46430.7.3 Generating pure radiation fields from vacuum by
changing m 46630.7.4 Some special classes of pure radiation fields 467
31 Non-diverging solutions (Kundt’s class) 47031.1 Introduction 47031.2 The line element for metrics with Θ + iω = 0 47031.3 The Ricci tensor components 47231.4 The structure of the vacuum and Einstein–Maxwell
equation 47331.5 Vacuum solutions 476
31.5.1 Solutions of types III and N 47631.5.2 Solutions of types D and II 478
31.6 Einstein–Maxwell null fields and pure radiation fields 48031.7 Einstein–Maxwell non-null fields 48131.8 Solutions including a cosmological constant Λ 483
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32 Kerr–Schild metrics 48532.1 General properties of Kerr–Schild metrics 485
32.1.1 The origin of the Kerr–Schild–Trautman ansatz 48532.1.2 The Ricci tensor, Riemann tensor and Petrov type 48532.1.3 Field equations and the energy-momentum tensor 48732.1.4 A geometrical interpretation of the Kerr–Schild
ansatz 48732.1.5 The Newman–Penrose formalism for shearfree and
32.2.1 The case ρ = −(Θ + iω) = 0 49232.2.2 The case ρ = −(Θ + iω) = 0 493
32.3 Kerr–Schild Einstein–Maxwell fields 49332.3.1 The case ρ = −(Θ + iω) = 0 49332.3.2 The case ρ = −(Θ + iω) = 0 495
32.4 Kerr–Schild pure radiation fields 49732.4.1 The case ρ = 0, σ = 0 49732.4.2 The case σ = 0 49932.4.3 The case ρ = σ = 0 499
32.5 Generalizations of the Kerr–Schild ansatz 49932.5.1 General properties and results 49932.5.2 Non-flat vacuum to vacuum 50132.5.3 Vacuum to electrovac 50232.5.4 Perfect fluid to perfect fluid 503
33 Algebraically special perfect fluid solutions 50633.1 Generalized Robinson–Trautman solutions 50633.2 Solutions with a geodesic, shearfree, non-expanding multiple
null eigenvector 51033.3 Type D solutions 512
33.3.1 Solutions with κ = ν = 0 51333.3.2 Solutions with κ = 0, ν = 0 513
33.4 Type III and type N solutions 515
Part IV: Special methods 518
34 Application of generation techniques to generalrelativity 518
34.1 Methods using harmonic maps (potential spacesymmetries) 51834.1.1 Electrovacuum fields with one Killing vector 51834.1.2 The group SU(2,1) 521
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35.2 Complex recurrent, conformally recurrent, recurrent andsymmetric spaces 55635.2.1 The definitions 55635.2.2 Space-times of Petrov type D 55735.2.3 Space-times of type N 55735.2.4 Space-times of type O 558
35.3 Killing tensors of order two and Killing–Yano tensors 55935.3.1 The basic definitions 55935.3.2 First integrals, separability and Killing or Killing–
Yano tensors 56035.3.3 Theorems on Killing and Killing–Yano tensors in four-
dimensional space-times 56135.4 Collineations and conformal motions 564
35.4.1 The basic definitions 56435.4.2 Proper curvature collineations 56535.4.3 General theorems on conformal motions 56535.4.4 Non-conformally flat solutions admitting proper
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36 Solutions with special subspaces 57136.1 The basic formulae 57136.2 Solutions with flat three-dimensional slices 573
36.2.1 Vacuum solutions 57336.2.2 Perfect fluid and dust solutions 573
36.3 Perfect fluid solutions with conformally flat slices 57736.4 Solutions with other intrinsic symmetries 579
37 Local isometric embedding of four-dimensionalRiemannian manifolds 580
37.1 The why of embedding 58037.2 The basic formulae governing embedding 58137.3 Some theorems on local isometric embedding 583
37.3.1 General theorems 58337.3.2 Vector and tensor fields and embedding class 58437.3.3 Groups of motions and embedding class 586
37.4 Exact solutions of embedding class one 58737.4.1 The Gauss and Codazzi equations and the possible
types of Ωab 58737.4.2 Conformally flat perfect fluid solutions of embedding
class one 58837.4.3 Type D perfect fluid solutions of embedding class one 59137.4.4 Pure radiation field solutions of embedding class one 594
37.5 Exact solutions of embedding class two 59637.5.1 The Gauss–Codazzi–Ricci equations 59637.5.2 Vacuum solutions of embedding class two 59837.5.3 Conformally flat solutions 599
37.6 Exact solutions of embedding class p > 2 603
Part V: Tables 605
38 The interconnections between the mainclassification schemes 605
38.1 Introduction 60538.2 The connection between Petrov types and groups of motions 60638.3 Tables 609
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When, in 1975, two of the authors (D.K. and H.S.) proposed to changetheir field of research back to the subject of exact solutions of Einstein’sfield equations, they of course felt it necessary to make a careful studyof the papers published in the meantime, so as to avoid duplication ofknown results. A fairly comprehensive review or book on the exact solu-tions would have been a great help, but no such book was available. Thisprompted them to ask ‘Why not use the preparatory work we have todo in any case to write such a book?’ After some discussion, they agreedto go ahead with this idea, and then they looked for coauthors. Theysucceeded in finding two.
The first was E.H., a member of the Jena relativity group, who had beenengaged before in exact solutions and was also inclined to return to them.
The second, M.M., became involved by responding to the existing au-thors’ appeal for information and then (during a visit by H.S. to London)agreeing to look over the English text. Eventually he agreed to write someparts of the book.
The quartet’s original optimism somewhat diminished when referencesto over 2000 papers had been collected and the magnitude of the taskbecame all too clear. How could we extract even the most importantinformation from this mound of literature? How could we avoid constantrewriting to incorporate new information, which would have made thejob akin to the proverbial painting of the Forth bridge? How could wedecide which topics to include and which to omit? How could we checkthe calculations, put the results together in a readable form and still finishin reasonable time?
We did not feel that we had solved any of these questions in a completelyconvincing manner. However, we did manage to produce an outcome,which was the first edition of this book, Kramer et al. (1980).
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In the years since then so many new exact solutions have been publishedthat the first edition can no longer be used as a reliable guide to thesubject. The authors therefore decided to prepare a new edition. Althoughthey knew from experience the amount of work to be expected, it tookthem longer than they thought and feared. We looked at over 4000 newpapers (the cut-off date for the systematic search for papers is the endof 1999). In particular so much research had been done in the field ofgeneration techniques and their applications that the original chapter hadto be almost completely replaced, and C.H. was asked to collaborate onthis, and agreed.
Compared with the first edition, the general arrangement of the ma-terial has not been changed. But we have added five new chapters, thusreflecting the developments of the last two decades (Chapters 9, 10, 23, 25and 36), and some of the old chapters have been substantially rewritten.Unfortunately, the sheer number of known exact solutions has forced usto give up the idea of presenting them all in some detail; instead, in manycases we only give the appropriate references.
As with the first edition, the labour of reading those papers conceiv-ably relevant to each chapter or section, and then drafting the relatedmanuscript, was divided. Roughly, D.K., M.M. and C.H. were responsi-ble for most of the introductory Part I, M.M., D.K. and H.S. dealt withgroups (Part II), H.S., D.K. and E.H. with algebraically special solutions(Part III) and H.S. and C.H. with Part IV (special methods) and Part V(tables). Each draft was then criticized by the other authors, so that itswriter could not be held wholly responsible for any errors or omissions.Since we hope to maintain up-to-date information, we shall be glad tohear from any reader who detects such errors or omissions; we shall bepleased to answer as best we can any requests for further information.M.M. wishes to record that any infelicities remaining in the English arosebecause the generally good standard of his colleagues’ English lulled himinto a false sense of security.
This book could not have been written, of course, without the efforts ofthe many scientists whose work is recorded here, and especially the manycontemporaries who sent preprints, references and advice or informed usof mistakes or omissions in the first edition of this book. More immedi-ately we have gratefully to acknowledge the help of the students in Jena,and in particular of S. Falkenberg, who installed our electronic files, ofA. Koutras, who wrote many of the old chapters in LaTeX and simulta-neously checked many of the solutions, and of the financial support of theMax-Planck-Group in Jena and the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena.Last but not least, we have to thank our wives, families and colleagues
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3.1 Examples of spinor equivalents, defined as in (3.70). 42
4.1 The Petrov types 504.2 Normal forms of the Weyl tensor, and Petrov types 514.3 The roots of the algebraic equation (4.18) and their mul-
tiplicities. 55
5.1 The algebraic types of the Ricci tensor 595.2 Invariance groups of the Ricci tensor types 60
8.1 Enumeration of the Bianchi types 968.2 Killing vectors and reciprocal group generators by Bianchi
type 107
9.1 Maximum number of derivatives required to characterizea metric locally 121
11.1 Metrics with isometries listed by orbit and group action,and where to find them 163
11.2 Solutions with proper homothety groups Hr, r > 4 16511.3 Solutions with proper homothety groups H4 on V4 16611.4 Solutions with proper homothety groups on V3 168
12.1 Homogeneous solutions 181
13.1 The number of essential parameters, by Bianchi type, ingeneral solutions for vacuum and for perfect fluids withgiven equation of state 189
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37.1 Upper limits for the embedding class p of various metricsadmitting groups 586
37.2 Embedding class one solutions 59537.3 Metrics known to be of embedding class two 603
38.1 The algebraically special, diverging vacuum solutions ofmaximum mobility 607
38.2 Robinson–Trautman vacuum solutions admitting two ormore Killing vectors 608
38.3 Petrov types versus groups on orbits V4 60938.4 Petrov types versus groups on non-null orbits V3 61038.5 Petrov types versus groups on non-null orbits V2 and V1 61038.6 Energy-momentum tensors versus groups on orbits V4
(with LξFab = 0 for the Maxwell field) 61138.7 Energy-momentum tensors versus groups on non-null or-
bits V3 61138.8 Energy-momentum tensors versus groups on non-null or-
bits V2 and V1 61238.9 Algebraically special vacuum, Einstein–Maxwell and pure
radiation fields (non-aligned or with κκ + σσ = 0) 61338.10 Algebraically special (non-vacuum) Einstein–Maxwell and
pure radiation fields, aligned and with κκ + σσ = 0. 614
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All symbols are explained in the text. Here we list only some importantconventions which are frequently used throughout the book.
Complex conjugates and constants
Complex conjugation is denoted by a bar over the symbol. The abbrevi-ation const is used for ‘constant’.
Indices
Small Latin indices run, in an n-dimensional Riemannian space Vn, from1 to n, and in space-time V4 from 1 to 4. When a general basis ea or itsdual ωa is in use, indices from the first part of the alphabet (a, b, . . . , h)will normally be tetrad indices and i, j, . . . are reserved for a coordinatebasis ∂/∂xi or its dual dxi. For a vector v and a l-form σ we writev = vaea = vi∂/∂xi, σ = σaω
a = σidxi. Small Greek indices run from1 to 3, if not otherwise stated. Capital Latin indices are either spinorindices (A, B = 1, 2) or indices in group space (A, B = 1, . . . , r), or theylabel the coordinates in a Riemannian 2-space V2 (M, N = 1, 2).
Symmetrization and antisymmetrization of index pairs are indicated byround and square brackets respectively; thus
v(ab) ≡ 12(vab + vba), v[ab] ≡ 1
2(vab − vba).
The Kronecker delta, δab , has the value 1 if a = b and zero otherwise.
Metric and tetrads
Line element in terms of dual basis ωa: ds2 = gabωaωb.
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Levi-Civita tensor in four dimensions: εabcd; εabcdmamblckd = i.
in two dimensions: εab = −εba, ε12 = 1Dual bivector: Xab ≡ 1
2εabcdXcd.
(Complex) self-dual bivector: X∗ab ≡ Xab + iXab.
Basis of self-dual bivectors: Uab ≡ 2m[alb], Vab ≡ 2k[amb],Wab ≡ 2m[amb] − 2k[alb].
Derivatives
Partial derivative: comma in front of index or coordinate, e.g.
f,i ≡ ∂f/∂xi ≡ ∂if, f,ζ ≡ ∂f/∂ζ.
Directional derivative: denoted by stroke or comma, f|a ≡ f,a ≡ ea(f);if followed by a numerical (tetrad) index, we prefer the stroke, e.g.f|4 = f,ik
i. Directional derivatives with respect to the null tetrad(m, m, l, k) are symbolized by δf = f|1, δf = f|2, ∆f = f|3, Df = f|4.
Covariant derivative: ∇; in component calculus, semicolon. (Sometimesother symbols are used to indicate that in V4 a metric different fromgab is used, e.g. hab||c = 0, γab:c = 0.)
Lie derivative of a tensor T with respect to a vector v: LvT .Exterior derivative: d.
When a dot is used to denote a derivative without definition, e.g. Q,it means differentiation with respect to the time coordinate in use; aprime used similarly, e.g. Q′, refers either to the unique essential spacecoordinate in the problem or to the single argument of a function.
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