Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 54 3 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
For the Komar integral of a five-dimensional Reissner--Nordstrom metric, use the one-form metrically dual to the stationary Killing vector field: . Its exterior derivative is . The stated orientation gives volume formBecause the squared norm of is , the defining wedge identity for the Hodge star operator givesThus the Komar integral over the positively oriented angular three-sphere issince the unit three-sphere has volume . Write , . Then and . With the normalization specified for the Komar mass,The orientation makes this positive. The problem's coefficient must be retained: it is not the usual dimension-adjusted five-dimensional ADM-normalized Komar coefficient. With that conventional normalization the ADM mass would instead be .