Invariant classification and the generalised invariant formalism: conformally flat pure radiation metrics
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عنوان ژورنال: General Relativity and Gravitation
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0001-7701,1572-9532
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-009-0823-9