Symmetries of space-time and geodesic symmetries

Diego Del-Castillo-Negrete; Sergio Hojman

doi:10.1063/1.528627

Symmetries of space-time and geodesic symmetries

Diego Del-Castillo-Negrete
, Sergio Hojman

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It is shown how to construct symmetries of the geodesic equation starting from space-time symmetries. The constants of motion associated with space-time symmetries are recovered and a few new ones are found using non-Noetherian conservation theorems. Explicit examples are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2211-2216
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Mathematical Physics
Volume	31
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528627
State	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

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