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June 4, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Weyl-type theorems in Galilei and Carroll geometry

PSPhilip K. SchwartzJRJames ReadQVQuentin Vigneron

Key Points

  • This research explores Weyl's theorem equivalents in Galilei and Carroll geometries, focusing on conformal and projective structures.
  • Examined concepts of conformal structure in Galilei and Carroll geometries.
  • Analyzed relationships between metrics and their geometric properties.
  • Established that analogous results to Weyl's theorem hold for Galilei and Carroll geometries.
  • Identified unique determination of structures from projective and conformal perspectives.

Abstract

A classic theorem of Weyl (1921) states that a Weyl metric -- a natural generalisation of a pseudo-Riemannian metric -- is uniquely determined by its conformal and projective structures (i.e. by its conformal structure and its set of unparametrised geodesics). An equivalent formulation of Weyl's result is that a torsion-free linear connection compatible with a pseudo-Riemannian conformal structure is uniquely determined by its projective structure. We discuss analogous results for suitably defined notions of conformal structure for Galilei and Carroll geometry, i.e. for spacetime geometries arising as the `non-relativistic' and `ultra-relativistic' limits of Lorentzian geometry.

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Schwartz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a211763d499ed480b1702behttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2606.00799
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