Homogeneous spacetimes of zero curvature
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Abstract:
In the following we show the only possible flat, connected, incomplete homogeneous spacetimes are $H / \Delta$ where $H = \left \{ {\upsilon \in {{\mathbf {R}}^n}\left | {g\left ( {\upsilon ,N} \right ) > 0} \right .} \right \},N$ is a null vector, and $\Delta$ is a discrete subgroup of translations.References
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- © Copyright 1989 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 107 (1989), 785-795
- MSC: Primary 53C50; Secondary 53C30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1989-0975639-0
- MathSciNet review: 975639