# Semiconformal symmetry-A new symmetry of the space-time manifold of the general relativity

Volume 20, Issue 3, pp 241--254
Publication Date: February 12, 2020 Submission Date: October 04, 2019 Revision Date: November 27, 2019 Accteptance Date: December 12, 2019
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### Authors

Naeem Ahmad Pundeer - Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Musavvir Ali - Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Naeem Ahmad - Department of Mathematics, Unaizah Engineering College, Unaizah, Qassim University, Al-Qassim, KSA. Zafar Ahsan - Department of Mathematics, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, India.

### Abstract

In this paper, we have introduced a new symmetry property of space-time which is named as semiconformal curvature collineation, and its relationship with other known symmetry properties has been established. This new symmetry property of the space-time has also been studied for non-null and null electromagnetic fields.

### Keywords

• Curvature tensor
• symmetries
• electromagnetic fields

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