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All problems count the same even though some are more complex than others.% \vspace{0.25in} {\LARGE Problem 1\medskip } At Minkowski coordinate time, $t$, an object is located at the Minkowski position coordinates% \[ x\left( t\right) =\sqrt{t^{2}+1};\quad y\left( t\right) =z\left( t\right) =0. \] Using $c=1$ units, find \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE a.}] the object's ordinary Newtonian velocity vector components.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 1a}{\LARGE \medskip } $v_{x}=\frac{dx}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}\left( \sqrt{t^{2}+1}\right) =\allowbreak \frac{1}{\sqrt{\left( t^{2}+1\right) }}t$ $v_{y}=v_{z}=0.$\bigskip \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE b.}] the components of the object's four-velocity vector.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 1b}{\LARGE \medskip } Use the formula $u=u^{0}\left( e_{0}+\vec{v}\right) $or% \begin{eqnarray*} u^{0} &=&\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^{2}}} \\ u^{i} &=&u^{0}v^{i} \end{eqnarray*} $v^{2}=v_{x}{}^{2}+v_{y}{}^{2}+v_{z}{}^{2}=\left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{\left( t^{2}+1\right) }}t\right) ^{2}=\allowbreak \frac{1}{t^{2}+1}t^{2}$ $1-v^{2}=1-\frac{1}{t^{2}+1}t^{2}=\allowbreak \frac{1}{t^{2}+1}$ $u^{0}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{t^{2}+1}}}=\allowbreak \sqrt{\left( t^{2}+1\right) }$ $u^{1}=u_{x}=u^{0}v_{x}=\sqrt{\left( t^{2}+1\right) }\frac{1}{\sqrt{\left( t^{2}+1\right) }}t=t$% \begin{eqnarray*} u^{0} &=&\sqrt{\left( t^{2}+1\right) } \\ u_{x} &=&t \\ u_{y} &=&u_{z}=0 \end{eqnarray*}% \pagebreak {\LARGE Problem 2\medskip } Consider a two-dimensional spacetime manifold where we are using the coordinates $t,x$ to locate events and the corresponding holonomic basis vectors% \[ \partial _{t}=\frac{\partial }{\partial t},\quad \partial _{x}=\frac{% \partial }{\partial x} \]% to span each tangent space. A different coordinate system $t^{\prime },x^{\prime }$ also locates events in this spacetime where \[ t^{\prime }=t;\quad x^{\prime }=x-\sqrt{t^{2}+1}, \]% and the corresponding holonomic basis vectors \[ \partial _{t^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial t^{\prime }},\quad \partial _{x^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x^{\prime }} \]% also span each tangent space. \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE a.}] Notice that $\partial _{t^{\prime }}$ is not equal to $\partial _{t}$ even though $t^{\prime }=t$. Express $\partial _{t^{\prime }}$ in terms of $\partial _{t}$ and $\partial _{x}$.\bigskip {\large Answer 2a}{\LARGE \medskip } \end{enumerate} From the chain rule for partial derivatives, $\partial _{t^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial t^{\prime }}=\frac{% \partial t}{\partial t^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial t}+\frac{\partial x}{\partial t^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}$ To evaluate these partials, we need to solve for $x,y$ in terms of $% x^{\prime },t^{\prime }$. $x^{\prime }=x-\sqrt{t^{2}+1}$ $x=x^{\prime }+\sqrt{t^{2}+1}=x^{\prime }+\sqrt{t^{\prime 2}+1}$ $t=t^{\prime }$ $\frac{\partial t}{\partial t^{\prime }}=1,\qquad \frac{\partial x}{\partial t^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial t^{\prime }}\left( x^{\prime }+\sqrt{% t^{\prime 2}+1}\right) =\frac{t^{\prime }}{\sqrt{t^{\prime 2}+1}}$ (Notice that if you use SN--Maple to do this, it gets confused by the primes.) \[ \partial _{t^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial t}+\frac{t^{\prime }}{% \sqrt{t^{\prime 2}+1}}\frac{\partial }{\partial x} \] \vspace{0.25in} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE b.}] Express $\partial _{x^{\prime }}$ in terms of $% \partial _{t}$ and $\partial _{x}$.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 2b}{\LARGE \medskip } $\partial _{x^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x^{\prime }}=\frac{% \partial x}{\partial x^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}+\frac{\partial t}{\partial x^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial t}=\frac{\partial }{% \partial x}$\vspace{0.25in} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE c.}] Quick answer: What differential forms correspond to the basis dual to the basis vectors $\partial _{t}$ and $\partial _{x}?$% \bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 2c}{\LARGE \medskip } \[ dt,dx \]% Check this (optional):% \begin{eqnarray*} \partial _{t}\cdot dt &=&\frac{\partial t}{\partial t}=1 \\ \partial _{x}\cdot dx &=&\frac{\partial x}{\partial x}=1 \\ \partial _{t}\cdot dx &=&\frac{\partial x}{\partial t}=0 \\ \partial _{x}\cdot dt &=&\frac{\partial t}{\partial x}=0 \end{eqnarray*}% \vspace{0.5in}\pagebreak {\LARGE Problem 3}\vspace{0.25in} Suppose that the metric tensor on a spacetime has the form% \[ g=-dt\otimes dt+dx\otimes dx \]% and you decide to use the ``null'' coordinates% \begin{eqnarray*} u^{1} &=&t+x \\ u^{2} &=&t-x \end{eqnarray*}% and the corresponding ``null basis'' vectors \[ e_{1}=\frac{\partial }{\partial u^{1}},\quad e_{2}=\frac{\partial }{\partial u^{2}}. \] \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE a.}] Express the null basis vectors in terms of the basis vectors $\partial _{t}$ and $\partial _{x}$ that go with the coordinates $x,t$.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 3a}{\LARGE \medskip } From the chain rule for partial derivatives,$\bigskip $ $e_{1}=\frac{\partial }{\partial u^{1}}=\frac{\partial t}{\partial u^{1}}% \frac{\partial }{\partial t}+\frac{\partial x}{\partial u^{1}}\frac{\partial }{\partial x},\qquad e_{2}=\frac{\partial }{\partial u^{2}}=\frac{\partial t% }{\partial u^{2}}\frac{\partial }{\partial t}+\frac{\partial x}{\partial u^{2}}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}\smallskip $ Invert the relation to get $x,t$ in terms of $u^{1},u^{2}\smallskip $ $t=\frac{1}{2}\left( u^{1}+u^{2}\right) ,\qquad x=\frac{1}{2}\left( u^{1}-u^{2}\right) \smallskip $ $\frac{\partial t}{\partial u^{1}}=\frac{1}{2},\qquad \frac{\partial x}{% \partial u^{1}}=+\frac{1}{2},\qquad \frac{\partial t}{\partial u^{2}}=\frac{1% }{2},\qquad \frac{\partial x}{\partial u^{2}}-\frac{1}{2}$ \begin{eqnarray*} e_{1} &=&\frac{1}{2}\left( \partial _{t}+\partial _{x}\right) \\ e_{2} &=&\frac{1}{2}\left( \partial _{t}-\partial _{x}\right) \end{eqnarray*} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE b.}] Find the metric components $g_{11},g_{12},g_{22}$ in the null basis. \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 3b}{\LARGE \medskip } $g_{11}=\frac{1}{2}\left( \partial _{t}+\partial _{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2% }\left( \partial _{t}+\partial _{x}\right) =\frac{1}{4}\left( \partial _{t}\cdot \partial _{t}+\partial _{x}\cdot \partial _{x}\right) =\frac{1}{4}% \left( -1+1\right) =0\smallskip $ $g_{12}=\frac{1}{2}\left( \partial _{t}+\partial _{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2% }\left( \partial _{t}-\partial _{x}\right) =\frac{1}{4}\left( \partial _{t}\cdot \partial _{t}-\partial _{x}\cdot \partial _{x}\right) =\frac{1}{4}% \left( -1-1\right) =-\frac{1}{2}\smallskip $ $g_{22}=\frac{1}{2}\left( \partial _{t}-\partial _{x}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2% }\left( \partial _{t}-\partial _{x}\right) =\frac{1}{4}\left( \partial _{t}\cdot \partial _{t}+\partial _{x}\cdot \partial _{x}\right) =\frac{1}{4}% \left( -1+1\right) =0$ \pagebreak {\LARGE Problem 4}\vspace{0.5in} An electromagnetic field two-form is given by% \[ f=r^{-2}dt\wedge dr \]% where $t$ is the usual Minkowski time function and $r=\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}% }$ is a radius coordinate. In the following, use the basis vectors% \[ \partial _{0}=\frac{\partial }{\partial t},\quad \partial _{1}=\frac{% \partial }{\partial r} \]% and their dual basis forms and assume $c=1$ units.\vspace{0.25in} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE a.}] Find the components $F_{00},F_{01},F_{10},F_{11},$ of $f$.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 4a}{\LARGE \medskip } $f=r^{-2}dt\wedge dr=r^{-2}\left( dt\otimes dr-dr\otimes dt\right) $ The components are\smallskip $F_{00}=f\left( \partial _{0},\partial _{0}\right) =r^{-2}\left( dt\otimes dr-dr\otimes dt\right) \left( \partial _{0},\partial _{0}\right) $\smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( dt\left( \partial _{0}\right) dr\left( \partial _{0}\right) -dr\left( \partial _{0}\right) dt\left( \partial _{0}\right) \right) $% \smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( 1\times 0-0\times 1\right) =0$\smallskip Copy the above three lines several times and just change the subscripts to get the rest.\smallskip $F_{01}=f\left( \partial _{0},\partial _{1}\right) =r^{-2}\left( dt\otimes dr-dr\otimes dt\right) \left( \partial _{0},\partial _{1}\right) $\smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( dt\left( \partial _{0}\right) dr\left( \partial _{1}\right) -dr\left( \partial _{0}\right) dt\left( \partial _{1}\right) \right) $% \smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( 1\times 1-0\times 0\right) =r^{-2}$\smallskip $F_{10}=f\left( \partial _{1},\partial _{0}\right) =r^{-2}\left( dt\otimes dr-dr\otimes dt\right) \left( \partial _{1},\partial _{0}\right) $\smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( dt\left( \partial _{1}\right) dr\left( \partial _{0}\right) -dr\left( \partial _{1}\right) dt\left( \partial _{0}\right) \right) $% \smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( 0\times 0-1\times 1\right) =-r^{-2}$\smallskip $F_{11}=f\left( \partial _{1},\partial _{1}\right) =r^{-2}\left( dt\otimes dr-dr\otimes dt\right) \left( \partial _{1},\partial _{1}\right) $\smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( dt\left( \partial _{1}\right) dr\left( \partial _{1}\right) -dr\left( \partial _{1}\right) dt\left( \partial _{1}\right) \right) $% \smallskip $=r^{-2}\left( 1\times 1-1\times 1\right) =0$\smallskip \[ \left( \begin{array}{cc} F_{00} & F_{01} \\ F_{10} & F_{11}% \end{array}% \right) =\left( \begin{array}{cc} 0 & r^{-2} \\ -r^{-2} & 0% \end{array}% \right) \]% \vspace{0.25in} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE b.}] Find the components $F^{1}{}_{0}$ and $% F^{0}{}_{1} $ of the related tensor.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 4b}{\LARGE \medskip } $F^{1}{}_{0}=F_{10}=-r^{-2}$\smallskip $F^{0}{}_{1}=-F_{01}=-r^{-2}$\vspace{0.5in} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE c.}] Identify the sort of object that would make this electromagnetic field.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 4c}{\LARGE \medskip } You can probably guess that this thing is a point charge. However, to get the sign and amount of the charge right, you should recall the form of the force law that we are using: For a test particle of charge $e$ and mass $m$% \[ \frac{dp}{d\tau }=\frac{e}{m}g^{-1}\left( f\left( p\right) \right) \]% or, in terms of components% \[ \frac{dp^{\alpha }}{d\tau }=\frac{e}{m}g^{\alpha \sigma }f_{\sigma \rho }p^{\rho }=\frac{e}{m}F^{\alpha }{}_{\rho }p^{\rho } \]% For a test charge at rest, $p^{r}=0$, $p^{0}=m,$ and $\tau =t$ \[ \frac{dp^{1}}{dt}=eF^{1}{}_{0}=-er^{-2} \]% Because $e_{1}$ points radially, we find a radial force of $-\frac{e}{r^{2}}$% . Compare this result to the usual form of Coulomb's law:% \[ k\frac{Qe}{r^{2}}=-\frac{e}{r^{2}} \]% The charge that generates this field must be% \[ Q=-\frac{1}{k} \]% or about $-1.1\times 10^{-10}$ Coulombs. If you want the units to come out right, you need to attach the correct units $\left( \text{N/C}\right) $ to the field two-form.\bigskip {\LARGE Problem 5 was the same as problem 3.}\pagebreak {\LARGE Problem 6\medskip } A set of observers are sitting on a flat turntable that is rotating with angular velocity $\omega $. Each observer is located at a fixed pair of Cartesian coordinates $x^{\prime },y^{\prime }$ that rotate with the disk. In terms of the non-rotating Minkowski coordinates $t,x,y$ the position of an given observer at $x^{\prime },y^{\prime }$ is \begin{eqnarray*} x &=&x^{\prime }\cos \omega t-y^{\prime }\sin \omega t \\ y &=&x^{\prime }\sin \omega t+y^{\prime }\cos \omega t \end{eqnarray*} Using $c=1$ units, \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE a.}] find the four-velocity vector $u$ of the observer at% \begin{eqnarray*} x^{\prime } &=&r \\ y^{\prime } &=&0 \end{eqnarray*}% in terms of the non-rotating Minkowski basis vectors $\partial _{t},\partial _{x},\partial _{y}$\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 6a}{\LARGE \medskip } First find the Newtonian velocity components of an object at constant $% x^{\prime },y^{\prime }$. $v_{x}=\frac{dx}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}\left( x^{\prime }\cos \omega t-y^{\prime }\sin \omega t\right) =\allowbreak -x^{\prime }\left( \sin \omega t\right) \omega -y^{\prime }\left( \cos \omega t\right) \omega $ $v_{y}=\frac{dy}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}\left( x^{\prime }\sin \omega t+y^{\prime }\cos \omega t\right) =\allowbreak x^{\prime }\left( \cos \omega t\right) \omega -y^{\prime }\left( \sin \omega t\right) \omega $ The value of $v^{2}$ we know should be $\left( x^{\prime 2}+y^{\prime 2}\right) \omega ^{2}=r^{2}\omega ^{2}.$ Now use the formulas for the four-velocity components $u^{0}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^{2}}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}$ $u_{x}=u^{0}v_{x}=\frac{-x^{\prime }\left( \sin \omega t\right) \omega -y^{\prime }\left( \cos \omega t\right) \omega }{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}=-% \frac{\omega r}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\sin \omega t$ $u_{y}=u^{0}v_{y}=\frac{x^{\prime }\left( \cos \omega t\right) \omega -y^{\prime }\left( \sin \omega t\right) \omega }{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}=% \frac{\omega r}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\cos \omega t$ and put these together with the basis vectors to form the four-velocity% \[ u=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( \partial _{t}-\omega r\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\omega r\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) \]% \vspace{0.25in} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE b.}] The co-rotating coordinate system consists of $% t^{\prime }=t,x^{\prime },y^{\prime }$. Note that it is still the same $t$. Express the co-rotating holonomic basis vectors $\partial _{x^{\prime }}$ and $\partial _{y^{\prime }}$at% \begin{eqnarray*} x^{\prime } &=&r \\ y^{\prime } &=&0 \end{eqnarray*}% in terms of the non-rotating Minkowski basis vectors $\partial _{t},\partial _{x},\partial _{y}$\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 6b}{\LARGE \medskip } First notice that the partials with respect to $x^{\prime },y^{\prime }$ are holding $t^{\prime }$ and therefore $t$ constant and the same is true of the partials with respect to $x,y$. Thus $t$ and $t^{\prime }$ are just constants at this point. $\partial _{x^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x^{\prime }}=\frac{% \partial x}{\partial x^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}+\frac{\partial y}{\partial x^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}=\cos \omega t\partial _{x}+\sin \omega t\partial _{y}$ $\partial _{y^{\prime }}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y^{\prime }}=\frac{% \partial x}{\partial y^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}+\frac{\partial y}{\partial y^{\prime }}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}=-\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\cos \omega t\partial _{y}$ Notice that the values of $x^{\prime }$ and $y^{\prime }$ do not actually matter.\vspace{0.25in} \begin{enumerate} \item[{\protect\LARGE c.}] Suppose that the observer at% \begin{eqnarray*} x^{\prime } &=&r \\ y^{\prime } &=&0 \end{eqnarray*}% uses the basis vectors \begin{eqnarray*} e_{0} &=&u \\ e_{1} &=&\partial _{x^{\prime }} \\ e_{2} &=&\partial _{y^{\prime }} \end{eqnarray*}% Find the components of the metric tensor in this basis.\bigskip \end{enumerate} {\large Answer 6c}{\LARGE \medskip } Collect the results of parts a,b to express the $e_{i}$ in terms of the Minkowkski basis vectors. $e_{0}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( \partial _{t}-\omega r\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\omega r\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $e_{1}=\cos \omega t\partial _{x}+\sin \omega t\partial _{y}$ $e_{2}=-\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\cos \omega t\partial _{y}$ Take dot products using the usual Minkowski metric tensor. $g_{00}=e_{0}\cdot e_{0}=u\cdot u=-1$ $g_{01}=e_{0}\cdot e_{1}$ $=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( \partial _{t}-\omega r\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\omega r\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) \cdot \left( \cos \omega t\partial _{x}+\sin \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( -\omega r\sin \omega t\partial _{x}\cdot \cos \omega t\partial _{x}+\omega r\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\cdot \sin \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( -\omega r\sin \omega t\cos \omega t+\omega r\cos \omega t\sin \omega t\right) =0$ $g_{02}=e_{0}\cdot e_{2}$ $=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( \partial _{t}-\omega r\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\omega r\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) \cdot \left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( -\omega r\sin \omega t\partial _{x}\cdot \left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}\right) +\omega r\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\cdot \cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}\left( \omega r\sin ^{2}\omega t+\omega r\cos ^{2}\omega t\right) =\frac{\omega r}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}$ $g_{11}=e_{1}\cdot e_{1}=\left( \cos \omega t\partial _{x}+\sin \omega t\partial _{y}\right) \cdot \left( \cos \omega t\partial _{x}+\sin \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $=\left( \cos ^{2}\omega t+\sin ^{2}\omega t\right) =1$ $g_{12}=e_{1}\cdot e_{2}=\left( \cos \omega t\partial _{x}+\sin \omega t\partial _{y}\right) \cdot \left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $=\cos \omega t\partial _{x}\cdot \left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}\right) +\sin \omega t\partial _{y}\cdot \cos \omega t\partial _{y}$ $=-\sin \omega t\cos \omega t+\sin \omega t\cos \omega t=0$ $g_{22}=e_{2}\cdot e_{2}=\left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) \cdot \left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}+\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\right) $ $=\left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}\right) \cdot \left( -\sin \omega t\partial _{x}\right) +\cos \omega t\partial _{y}\cdot \cos \omega t\partial _{y}$ $=\sin ^{2}\omega t+\cos ^{2}\omega t=1$% \[ \left( \begin{array}{ccc} g_{00} & g_{01} & g_{02} \\ g_{10} & g_{11} & g_{12} \\ g_{20} & g_{21} & g_{22}% \end{array}% \right) =\left( \begin{array}{ccc} -1 & 0 & \frac{\omega r}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}} \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ \frac{\omega r}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}} & 0 & 1% \end{array}% \right) \]% \vspace{0.5in} {\LARGE Added Note:} At the point $x^{\prime }=r,y^{\prime }=0$ the basis vectors $e_{1}=\partial _{x^{\prime }},e_{2}=\partial _{y^{\prime }}$ can be expressed in terms of polar coordinates on the turntable as $e_{1}=\partial _{r}$ $e_{2}=r^{-1}\partial _{\varphi }$ $\partial _{\varphi }=re_{2}$ so that the corresponding metric components are% \[ \left( \begin{array}{ccc} g_{00} & g_{0r} & g_{0\varphi } \\ g_{r0} & g_{rr} & g_{r\varphi } \\ g_{\varphi 0} & g_{\varphi r} & g_{\varphi \varphi }% \end{array}% \right) =\left( \begin{array}{ccc} -1 & 0 & \frac{\omega r^{2}}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}} \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ \frac{\omega r^{2}}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}} & 0 & r^{2}% \end{array}% \right) \]% and the standard form of the metric is% \[ ds^{2}=-dt^{2}+2\frac{\omega r^{2}}{\sqrt{1-r^{2}\omega ^{2}}}dtd\varphi +r^{2}d\varphi ^{2} \]% The cross-term in $dtd\varphi $ is the signal that this is the metric of a rotating system. \end{document} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% End /document/hx1sol.tex %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%