Communications in Mathematical Physics

, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp 137–142 | Cite as

Über Lösungen der Einsteinschen Feldgleichungen, die sich in einen fünfdimensionalen flachen Raum einbetten lassen

  • H. Stephani
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Abstract

Solutions of the Einstein equations which can be embedded in a flat five dimensional space are studied, without referring to the explicit form of the embedding. Those describing the gravitational field of a perfect fluid or an electromagnetic null field are invariantly characterized; in some special cases the metric is fully determined.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • H. Stephani
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    • 2
  1. 1.Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut der Universität JenaGermany
  2. 2.69 JenaDDR

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