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General theory of Lie derivatives for Lorentz tensors

Mathematical Physics 2009-07-09 v2 math.MP

Abstract

We show how the ad hoc prescriptions appeared in 2001 by Ortin for the Lie derivative of Lorentz tensors are a direct consequence of the Kosmann lift defined earlier in 1996 in a much more general setting encompassing older results of Y. Kosmann in 1971.

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@article{arxiv.0904.0258,
  title  = {General theory of Lie derivatives for Lorentz tensors},
  author = {L. Fatibene and M. Francaviglia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.0258},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Typos corrected, references added, some application added. 11 pages