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We study proper curvature collineations in the most general form of the Bianchi types VI_{0} and VII_{0} space-times using the rank of the 6X6 Riemann matrix and direct integration technique. It is shown that when the above space-times…
The most general form of non-static plane symmetric space-times is considered to study proper curvature collineations by using the rank of the 6X6 Riemann matrix and direct integration techniques. Studying proper curvature collineations in…
We consider the most general form of Bianchi types VIII and IX space-times for studying proper affine symmetry by using holonomy and decomposability, the rank of the 6X6 Riemann matrix and direct integration techniques. Studying proper…
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A study of proper Weyl collineations in Kantowski-Sachs and Bianchi type III space-times is given by using the rank of the 6X6 Weyl matrix and direct integration techniques. Studying proper Weyl collineations in each of the above…
A study of Bianchi type I space-times according to its proper affine vector field is given by using holonomy and decomposability, the rank of the Rieman matrix and direct integration techinques. It is shown that the special class of the…
Direct integration technique is used to study the proper conformal vector fields in non conformally flat Bianchi type-1 space-times. Using the above mentioned technique we have shown that a very special class of the above space-time admits…
We investigate proper affine symmetry for the Kantowski-Sachs and Bianchi type III space-times by using holonomy and decomposability, the rank of the 6X6 Riemann matrix and direct integration techniques. It is shown that the very special…
All diagonal proper Bianchi I space-times are determined which admit certain important symmetries. It is shown that for Homotheties, Conformal motions and Kinematic Self-Similarities the resulting space-times are defined explicitly in terms…
A study of conformally flat but non flat Bianchi type I and cylindrically symmetric static space-times according to proper projective symmetry is given by using some algebraic and direct integration techniques. It is shown that the special…
We determine the conformal algebra of Bianchi III and Bianchi V spacetimes or, equivalently, we determine all Bianchi III and Bianchi V spacetimes which admit a proper conformal Killing vector. The algorithm that we use has been developed…
In this paper, we present a complete classification of Locally Rotationally Symmetric (LRS) Bianchi type I spacetimes according to their Conformal Ricci Collineations (CRCs). When the Ricci tensor is non-degenerate, a general form of the…
We investigate proper conformal vector fields in non conformally flat Kantowski-Sachs and Bianchi type III space-times using direct integration technique. Using the above mentioned technique we show that very special classes of the above…
We uncover the solution space of a five dimensional geometry which we deem it as the direct counterpart of the Bianchi Type V cosmological model. We kinematically reduce the scale factor matrix and then, with an appropriate scaling and…
We develop a new method in order to classify the Bianchi I spacetimes which admit conformal Killing vectors (CKV). The method is based on two propositions which relate the CKVs of 1+(n-1) decomposable Riemannian spaces with the CKVs of the…
We derive matter collineations of the Bianchi types I, II, III, VIII and IX, and Kantowski-Sachs spacetimes. It is found that matter collineations turn out similar to Ricci collineations with different constranit equations. We solve the…
Symmetries of geometrical and physical quantities in general relativity provide important information about the curvature structure of the spacetimes. Symmetries of the curvature and the Weyl tensors, known as curvature and Weyl…
Ricci and contracted Ricci collineations of the Bianchi type II, VIII, and IX space-times, associated with the vector fields of the form (i) one component of $\xi^a(x^b)$ is different from zero and (ii) two components of $\xi^a(x^b)$ are…
Ricci collineations of the Bianchi types I and III, and Kantowski-Sachs space- times are classified according to their Ricci collineation vector (RCV) field of the form (i)-(iv) one component of $\xi^a (x^b)$ is nonzero, (v)-(x) two…
Conformal Ricci collineations of static spherically symmetric spacetimes are studied. The general form of the vector fields generating conformal Ricci collineations is found when the Ricci tensor is non-degenerate, in which case the number…