Symmetry, singularities and integrability in complex dynamics V: Complete symmetry groups of certain relativistic spherically symmetric systems

Abstract

We show that the concept of complete symmetry group introduced by Krause (J. Math. Phys.35 (1994) 5734-5748) in the context of the Newtonian Kepler problem has wider applicability, extending to the relativistic context of the Einstein equations describing spherically symmetric bodies with certain conformal Killing symmetries. We also provide a simple demonstration of the nonuniqueness of the complete symmetry group.