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We present upto date information on the kinematic and dynamic properties of homothetic and conformal motions in general relativity followed by their use in fluid spacetimes and Riemannian manifolds.
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Duggal, K.L., Sharma, R. (1999). Homothetic and Conformal Symmetries. In: Symmetries of Spacetimes and Riemannian Manifolds. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 487. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5315-1_6
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