Reducing Rindler metric to flat spacetime using Riemann tensor

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tri3phi

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Oct 26, 2008

How can we using calculation Riemann tensor to reduce Rindler metric to flat one.

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Oct 26, 2008

The Rindler metric is a coordinate transformation of the Minkowski metric, so it is flat. To get the Minkowski metric from the Rindler metric, use the reverse transformation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rindler_space

Reducing Rindler metric to flat spacetime using Riemann tensor

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