Editorial note to: “On the transition from wave optics to geometric optics in general relativity” by Jürgen Ehlers. (English) Zbl 1490.83008

Perlick, Volker

Gen. Relativ. Gravitation 54, No. 4, Paper No. 39, 5 p. (2022).

From the text: The paper [Gen. Relativ. Gravitation 54, No. 4, Paper No. 40, 9 p. (2022; Zbl 1490.83006)] by J. Ehlers that we revisit here was the first publication where this approximation was rigorously worked out on an arbitrary general-relativistic spacetime.

MSC:

83-03	History of relativity and gravitational theory
78A25	Electromagnetic theory (general)
83C10	Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory
83C25	Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory

Citations:

Zbl 1490.83006

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