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Geodesic Correspondence in the Brans-Dicke Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

B. O. J. Tupper
B. O. J. Tupper*
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University of New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick
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In a recent article [1] vacuum field solutions of the Brans-Dicke [2] field equations were found, the space-time metric in each solution being of the Friedmann type. Most of these solutions existed only for specific values of the parameter ω and, in particular, the two largest sets of solutions corresponded to the values and . Peters [3, 4] has shown that when all solutions of the Brans-Dicke vacuum equations are conformai to space-times with vanishing Ricci tensor. The purpose of this note is to investigate the possible geometric consequences of the value .

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , April 1975 , pp. 151 - 153
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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