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Meaning of Herglotz-Noether theorem | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A theorem stating that all irrotational Born rigid motions (class A) consist of hyperplanes rigidly moving through spacetime, while any rotational Born rigid motion (class B) must be an isometric Killing motion, and thus a Born rigid body only has three degrees of freedom.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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