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The Raychaudhuri equation (RE) for a congruence of curves in a general non-Riemannian geometry is derived. A formal connection is established between the expansion scalar and the cross-sectional volume of the congruence. It is found that the expansion scalar is equal to the fractional rate of change of volume, weighted by a scalar factor that depends on the non-Riemannian features of the geometry. Treating the congruence of curves as a dynamical system, an appropriate Lagrangian is derived such that the corresponding Euler–Lagrange equation is the RE. A Hamiltonian formulation and Poisson brackets are also presented.
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This journal publishes short communications, research and review articles devoted to all applications of geometric methods (including commutative and non-commutative Differential Geometry, Riemannian Geometry, Finsler Geometry, Complex Geometry, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Bundle Theory, Homology an Cohomology, Algebraic Geometry, Global Analysis, Category Theory, Operator Algebra and Topology) in all fields of Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, including in particular: Classical Mechanics (Lagrangian, Hamiltonian, Poisson formulations); Quantum Mechanics (also semi-classical approximations); Hamiltonian Systems of ODE''s and PDE''s and Integrability; Variational Structures of Physics and Conservation Laws; Thermodynamics of Systems and Continua (also Quantum Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics); General Relativity and other Geometric Theories of Gravitation; geometric models for Particle Physics; Supergravity and Supersymmetric Field Theories; Classical and Quantum Field Theory (also quantization over curved backgrounds); Gauge Theories; Topological Field Theories; Strings, Branes and Extended Objects Theory; Holography; Quantum Gravity, Loop Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology; applications of Quantum Groups; Quantum Computation; Control Theory; Geometry of Chaos.
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