@article{AIHPA_1974__21_2_175_0,
author = {Nutku, Yavuz},
title = {Geometry of dynamics in general relativity},
journal = {Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique th\'eorique},
volume = {21},
year = {1974},
pages = {175-183},
mrnumber = {408724},
zbl = {0295.53033},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/AIHPA_1974__21_2_175_0}
}
Nutku, Yavuz. Geometry of dynamics in general relativity. Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 21 (1974) pp. 175-183. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIHPA_1974__21_2_175_0/
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[9] With only one parameter the invariance of the action requires that the Lagrangean be homogeneous of degree one in the velocities and the Euler identities follow. Now the 4-dimensional space-time manifold is the range of the parameters and we have the Noether identities. They consist of the necessary and sufficient conditions for defining a globally invariant volume element for Riemannian geometry, Ricci's lemma, contracted Bianchi identities and the identically vanishing Hamiltonian tensor. It is this last identity that plays a fundamental role here.
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