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.
Cite
@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