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Newton–Cartan theory is a geometrical re-formulation, as well as a generalization, of Newtonian gravity developed by Élie Cartan. In this re-formulation, the structural similarities between Newton's theory and Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity are readily seen, and it has been used by Cartan and Kurt Friedrichs to give a rigorous formulation of the way in which Newtonian gravity can be seen as a specific limit of general relativity, and by Jürgen Ehlers to extend this correspondence to specific solutions of general relativity. ==Geometric formulation of Poisson's equation== In Newton's theory of gravitation, Poisson's equation reads : where is the gravitational potential, is the gravitational constant and is the mass density. The weak equivalence principle motivates a geometric version of the equation of motion for a point particle in the potential : where is the inertial mass and the gravitational mass. Since, according to the weak equivalence principle , the according equation of motion : doesn't contain anymore a reference to the mass of the particle. Following the idea that the solution of the equation then is a property of the curvature of space, a connection is constructed so that the geodesic equation : represents the equation of motion of a point particle in the potential . The resulting connection is : with and (). The connection has been constructed in one inertial system but can be shown to be valid in any inertial system by showing the invariance of and under Galilei-transformations. The Riemann curvature tensor in inertial system coordinates of this connection is then given by : where the brackets mean the antisymmetric combination of the tensor . The Ricci tensor is given by : which leads to following geometric formulation of Poisson's equation : More explicitly, if the roman indices ''i'' and ''j'' range over the spatial coordinates 1, 2, 3, then the connection is given by : the Riemann curvature tensor by : and the Ricci tensor and Ricci scalar by : where all components not listed equal zero. Note that this formulation does not require introducing the concept of a metric: the connection alone gives all the physical information. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newton–Cartan theory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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