Understanding Homothetic Vector Fields: Intuition and References

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Can anyone provide a nice intuitive explanation for the main properties of homothetic vector fields? Alternatively, could anyone point me in the direct of a thorough reference?
 
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JohnSimpson said:
Can anyone provide a nice intuitive explanation for the main properties of homothetic vector fields? Alternatively, could anyone point me in the direct of a thorough reference?

There is nothing cooler than G. S. Hall's "Symmetries and curvature structure in general relativity". A wonderful book.
 
Many thanks, will grab it tomorrow from the library!
 

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