Closed gravitational−wave universes: Analytic solutions with two−parameter symmetry
- 1 February 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 16 (2) , 224-226
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.522529
Abstract
Einstein’s vacuum field equations are solved for spacetimes with two−parameter spacelike symmetry, a space−reflection symmetry, and space sections homeomorphic to either S1×S2 or S3. All integrals are evaluated, and the spacetime metrics are presented in analytic form.Keywords
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