General theory of Lie derivatives for Lorentz tensors

Lorenzo Fatibene; Mauro Francaviglia

Communications in Mathematics (2011)

  • Volume: 19, Issue: 1, page 11-25
  • ISSN: 1804-1388

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We show how the ad hoc prescriptions appearing in 2001 for the Lie derivative of Lorentz tensors are a direct consequence of the Kosmann lift defined earlier, in a much more general setting encompassing older results of Y. Kosmann about Lie derivatives of spinors.

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Fatibene, Lorenzo, and Francaviglia, Mauro. "General theory of Lie derivatives for Lorentz tensors." Communications in Mathematics 19.1 (2011): 11-25. <http://eudml.org/doc/196496>.

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author = {Fatibene, Lorenzo, Francaviglia, Mauro},
journal = {Communications in Mathematics},
keywords = {Lie derivative of spinors; Kosmann lift; Lorentz objects; Lie derivatives; Kosmann lift; Lorentz tensors; Lorentz vectors},
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number = {1},
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