Conical Space-times: a Distributional Theory Approach
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We consider the problem of calculating the Gaussian curvature of a conical 2-dimensional space by using concepts and techniques of distribution theory. We apply the results obtained to calculate the Riemannian curvature of the 4-dimensional conical space-time. We show that the method can be extended for calculating the curvature of a special class of more general space-times with conical singularity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9801109,
title = {Conical Space-times: a Distributional Theory Approach},
author = {F. Dahia and C. Romero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9801109},
year = {2009}
}
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20 pages, RevTex, no figures