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First integrals for spherically symmetric shear-free perfect fluid distributions.

dc.contributor.advisorMaharaj, Sunil Dutt.
dc.contributor.advisorGoswami, Rituparno.
dc.contributor.authorGumede, Sfundo Cebolenkosi.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-15T08:18:07Z
dc.date.available2023-09-15T08:18:07Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionMaster’s degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation we study spherically symmetric shear-free spacetimes. In particular we analyse the integrability of and find exact solutions to the Emden- Fowler equation yxx = f(x)y2; which is the master equation governing the behaviour of shear-free neutral perfect fluid distributions. We first review the study of Maharaj et al (1996) by finding a first integral to this master equation. This first integral is subject to the integrability condition which we use to find restrictions on the function f(x): We show that this first integral is a generalisation of particular solutions obtained by Stephani (1983) and Srivastava (1987). Furthermore, we use a similar method to obtain a new first integral of the master equation. This is achieved by multiplying the Emden-Fowler equation by an integrating factor. We then study the integrability condition, which is an integral equation, related to the new first integral. We find that the integrability condition can be written as a third order differential equation whose solution can be expressed in terms of elementary functions and elliptic integrals. In general the solution of the integrability condition is given parametrically. We believe that this is a new result. A particular form of f(x) is identified which corresponds to repeated roots of a cubic equation giving an explicit solution.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/handle/10413/22264
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.otherneutral perfect fluid distributions.en_US
dc.subject.othercubic equation.en_US
dc.subject.otherintegral equation.en_US
dc.titleFirst integrals for spherically symmetric shear-free perfect fluid distributions.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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