Symmetries and conserved quantities in geodesic motion
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 27 (1) , 281-286
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527375
Abstract
Recently obtained results linking several constants of motion to one (non-Noetherian) symmetry to the problem of geodesic motion in Riemannian space-times are applied. The construction of conserved quantities in geodesic motion as well as the deduction of geometrical statements about Riemannian space-times are achieved.Keywords
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