Constructing a Space from the System of Geodesic Equations

Details Constructing a Space from the System of Geodesic Equations Constructing a Space from the System of Geodesic Equations

2007-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/0711.1217v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.cpc.2008.04.001

Given a space it is easy to obtain the system of geodesic equations on it. In this paper the inverse problem of reconstructing the space from the geodesic equations is addressed. A procedure is developed for obtaining the metric tensor from the Christoffel symbols. The procedure is extended for determining if a second order quadratically semi-linear system can be expressed as a system of geodesic equations, provided it has terms only quadratic in the first derivative apart from the second derivative term. A computer code has been developed for dealing with larger systems of geodesic equations.

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