pith. sign in

arxiv: math-ph/0504040 · v1 · submitted 2005-04-13 · 🧮 math-ph · math.MP

Nonexistence of Petrov type III Space-Times on which Weyl's Neutrino Equation or Maxwell's Equations satisfy Huygens' Principle

classification 🧮 math-ph math.MP
keywords equationsequationhuygensmaplemaxwellneutrinopackagepetrov
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Extending previous results we show that there are no Petrov type III space-times on which either the Weyl neutrino equation or Maxwell's equations satisfy Huygens' principle. We prove the result by using Maple's NPspinor package to convert the five-index necessary condition obtained by Alvarez and Wunsch to dyad form. The integrability conditions of the problem lead to a system of polynomial equations. We then apply Maple's grobner package to show that this system has no admissible solutions.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.