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A remark on a cylindrically symmetric rotating metric

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It is shown that the stationary cylindrically symmetric solution of Einstein's field equations as given recently by Vishveshwara and Hoenselaers [1] is identical with the well-known Gödel solution.

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    S. K. Chakraborty

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Chakraborty, S.K. A remark on a cylindrically symmetric rotating metric. Gen Relat Gravit 12, 925–928 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757362

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