scholarly journals KILLING VECTOR FIELDS OF CONSTANT LENGTH ON RIEMANNIAN NORMAL HOMOGENEOUS SPACES

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
MING XU ◽  
JOSEPH A. WOLF
Keyword(s):  
Vector Fields ◽  
Homogeneous Spaces ◽  
Killing Vector ◽  
Killing Vector Fields ◽  
Constant Length

scholarly journals Clifford–Wolf translations of Finsler spaces

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoqiang Deng ◽  
Ming Xu
Keyword(s):  
Vector Fields ◽  
Killing Vector ◽  
Finsler Spaces ◽  
Killing Vector Fields ◽  
Constant Length ◽  
Killing Field ◽  
Sufficient And Necessary Conditions ◽  
Group Of Isometries ◽  
Special Case

AbstractIn this paper, we study Clifford–Wolf translations of Finsler spaces. We give a characterization of those Clifford–Wolf translations generated by Killing vector fields. In particular, we show that there is a natural interrelation between the local one-parameter groups of Clifford–Wolf translations and the Killing vector fields of constant length. In the special case of homogeneous Randers spaces, we give some explicit sufficient and necessary conditions for a Killing vector field to have a constant length, in which case the local one-parameter group of isometries generated by the Killing field consist of Clifford–Wolf translations. Finally, we construct explicit examples to explain some of the results of this paper.

Spacetime symmetries

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kachelriess
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Conservation Laws ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Killing Vector ◽  
Geodesic Equation ◽  
Spacetime Symmetries ◽  
Tensor Fields ◽  
Killing Vector Fields ◽  
Covariant Derivatives ◽  
Killing Equation

This chapter introduces tensor fields, covariant derivatives and the geodesic equation on a (pseudo-) Riemannian manifold. It discusses how symmetries of a general space-time can be found from the Killing equation, and how the existence of Killing vector fields is connected to global conservation laws.

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