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This is a republication of the paper “A Theorem on Petrov Types” by Goldberg and Sachs, Acta Phys. Pol. 22 (supplement), 13 (1962), in which they proved the Goldberg-Sachs theorem. The article has been selected for publication in the Golden Oldies series of General Relativity and Gravitation. Typographical errors of the original publication were corrected by the editor. The paper is accompanied by a Golden Oldie Editorial containing an editorial note written by Andrzej Krasiński and Maciej Przanowski and Goldberg’s brief autobiography. The editorial note explains some difficult parts of the proof of the theorem and discusses the influence of results of the paper on later research.
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Editorial responsibility: A. Krasiński, e-mail: akr@camk.edu.pl.
Original paper: J. N. Goldberg and R. K. Sachs, Acta Phys. Pol. 22 (supplement), 13 (1962). Reprinted with the kind permission of the Editorial Board of Acta Physica Polonica and of both authors.
An editorial note to this paper and a biography can be found via doi:10.1007/s10714-008-0721-6.
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Goldberg, J.N., Sachs, R.K. Republication of: A theorem on Petrov types. Gen Relativ Gravit 41, 433–444 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-008-0722-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-008-0722-5