Obtaining a class of type N pure radiation metrics using invariant operators

• We develop further the integration procedure in the generalized invariant formalism, and demonstrate its efficiency by obtaining a class of Petrov type N pure radiation metrics without any explicit integration, and with comparatively little detailed calculations. The method is similar to the one exploited by Edgar and Vickers when deriving the general conformally flat pure radiation metric. A major addition to the technique is the introduction of non-intrinsic elements in the generalized invariant formalism, which can be exploited to keep calculations manageable.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics (hsv//eng)

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MATHEMATICS

MATEMATIK

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