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On a type of Riemannian space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Bandana Gupta
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Department of Pure Mathematics, Calcutta University.
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In connection with Relativity, Kottler [2] introduced the space V4 whose metric tensor is given by xi being space coordinates and Ф being a function of x1 only, and showed that if Where a and b are arbitrary constants, then the V4 is an Einstein space.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1964

References

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