Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2017/ii/paper-3/36d/iv/solution

In Minkowski spacetime with metric , take
Its tangent vector is , with metric tensor square . Its acceleration is , nonzero and not proportional to the tangent because its time component is zero. Thus it is a regular null curve which is not a geodesic under any reparametrization.

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