Generalized Fermi transport in generalized gravitation theories
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 14 (5) , 572-575
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1666359
Abstract
If geodesics in space‐time can be classified as timelike, null, and spacelike, the affine connection must be of the form , with da an arbitrary vector and eijk a tensor satisfying e(ijk)=e[ij]k= 0. It is possible to generalize Fermi's law of transport to this affine connection. The requirement that any observer be able to construct and maintain a nonrotating orthogonal space triad along his world line by the bouncing photon experiment implies the Weyl's geometry of paths.
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