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This is an English translation of a paper by Pascual Jordan and Wolfgang Kundt, first published in 1961 in the proceedings of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz (Germany). The original paper was part 3 of a five-part series of articles containing the first summary of knowledge about exact solutions of Einstein’s equations found until then. (Parts 1, 2 and 4 of the series have already been reprinted, part 5 will be printed as a Golden Oldie in near future.) This third paper shows how solutions of the Einstein–Maxwell equations with null Maxwell field can be incorporated into the scheme of geometrodynamics. It has been selected by the Editors of General Relativity and Gravitation for republication in the Golden Oldies series of the journal. The republication is accompanied by an editorial note written by Charles Misner.
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Editorial responsibility: A. Krasiński, e-mail: akr@camk.edu.pl.
An editorial note to this paper can be found in this issue preceding this Golden Oldie and online via doi:10.1007/s10714-013-1658-y.
Original paper: Pascual Jordan and Wolfgang Kundt, Geometrodynamik im Nullfall, Strenge Lösungen der Feldgleichungen der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie III, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch- naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Nr 3 (1961), pp. 85–97. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz, and of Wolfgang Kundt. \({\copyright }\) Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz 1961. Translated by Wolfgang Kundt.
P. Jordan (Deceased July 31, 1980)
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Jordan, P., Kundt, W. Republication of: Geometrodynamics in the null case. Exact solutions of the field equations of the general theory of relativity III. Gen Relativ Gravit 46, 1659 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-013-1659-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-013-1659-x