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Null Kaluza-Klein reduction of a stationary force (pu​=t′=0)

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Classical mechanics Eisenhart-Duval lift
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For an Eisenhart-Duval lift, reduction along the null isometry fixes a nonzero conserved pu​=t′ and projects geodesics to (t,x). One never divides by guu​=0. When E=−∇U and ∇×A=B, the reduced equation is x¨=E+2B×x˙. Every trajectory admits a null lift by choosing u˙=U+2A⋅x˙−21​∣x˙∣2.

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