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Relative kinematics in general relativity the thomas and fokker precessions

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Il concetto di sistema di riferimento fisico in uno spazio-tempo ϑ4 viene applicato allo studio del moto relativo di un giroscopio puntiforme in Relatività Generale. La precessione di Thomas e la precessione di Fokker sono ricavate come casi particolari del risultato generale.

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The theory of space tensors is applied to the study of the motion of a gyroscopically stabilized point compass in a given frame of reference (Γ, ∇*). The Thomas and Fokker precessions are obtained as special subcases of the general result.

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  1. Istituto matematico dell'Università di Genova, Italy

    C. Zordan

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Research sponsored by the CNR Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica

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Massa, E., Zordan, C. Relative kinematics in general relativity the thomas and fokker precessions. Meccanica 10, 27–31 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02148282

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