Prof. Waldyr A. Rodrigues Jr. (In Memoriam)
Institute of
Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computation
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Professor of
Mathematical Physics
Email: walrod@ime.unicamp.br
Qualifications
1971 Ph.D., Theoretical
Nuclear Physics, Torino University, Torino, Italy
1968 B.S., Physics, University of São Paulo (USP),
São Paulo, Brazil
Research Fields
Foundations of
Relativity
Foundations of
Quantum Mechanics
Clifford and
Spin-Clifford Bundles and Applications in Mathematical Physics
Publications (selected)
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E. Notte-Cuello and R. da Rocha and
W. A. Rodrigues Jr., The Effective
Lorentzian and Teleparallel Spacetimes Generated by a Free Electromagnetic
Field, Rep. Math. Phys.62 (3), 69-89,(2008). http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0612098
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E. Notte-Cuelloand W. A.
Rodrigues Jr., Superposition
Principle and the Problem ofthe Additivity of the Energies and Momenta of Distinct
Electromagnetic Fields, Rep. Math. Phys.62 (3), 91-101,(2008). http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0612036
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W. A. Rodrigues Jr. and R. da
Rocha, Diffeomorphism Invariance and Local Lorentz Invariance, Adv. in
Applied Clifford Algebras18 (3-4)945-961(2008).http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0510026
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E. Notte-Cuello andWaldyr A. Rodrigues Jr., Freud's Identity of
Differential Geometry, the Einstein-Hilbert Equations and
the Vexatious Problem of the Energy-Momentum Conservation in GR, Advances
in Applied Clifford Algebras19
(1), 113-145 (2009). http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.2559
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Waldyr A. Rodrigues Jr., Killing
Vector Fields, Maxwell Equations and Lorentzian Spacetimes, Adv. in Applied CliffordAlgebras 7,
871-884 (2010). http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3632
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Roldão da Rocha and Waldyr A.
Rodrigues Jr., Pair and Impair, Even and Odd Form Fields and
Electromagnetism, Annalen der Physik19, 6-34 (2010). http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1713
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E. A. Notte-Cuello, R. da Rocha and
W. A. Rodrigues Jr., Some Thoughts on Geometries and on the Nature of the
Gravitational Field, J. Phys. Math.
2, 20-40, (2010). http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2424
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Virginia V. Fernández and Waldyr A.
Rodrigues Jr., Gravitation as a Plastic Distortion of the Lorentz Vacuum,Fundamental Theories of Physicsvol.168,
Springer, Heidelberg (2010).
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Roldão da Rocha and Waldyr A.
Rodrigues Jr, Rigorous Formulation of Duality in Gravitational Theories, J. Physics A: Math. and Theor.43 (20),
205206 (2010). http://arxiv.org./abs/0910.2021
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J.F. T. Giglio and W. A. Rodrigues Jr., Gravitation and
Electromagnetism as Geometrical Objects on a Riemann-Cartan Spacetime
Structure, Adv. Appl. Clifford Algebras,
22, 649-664 (2012) http://arXiv.org/abs/1109.5271
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J.F. T. Giglio and W. A. Rodrigues Jr., Riemann-Cartan
Connection and its Decomposition. One More Assessment of “ECE Theory”. http://arXiv.org/abs/1109.5403
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F.Grangeiro Rodrigues, R. da Rocha and W. A. Rodrigues Jr.,
Maxwell and Navier-Stokes Equations Equivalent to Einstein Equation, Proc. Sixth Int. School on
Filed Theory and Gravitation,AIP Conference Proceedings1483, 277-295
(2012).http://arXiv.org/abs/1109.5274
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E.Capelas de
Oliveira, W. A. Rodrigues Jr., and J. Vaz Jr., Superluminal Neutrinos from
OPERA Experiment and Weyl Equation.http://arXiv.org/abs/1109.2219
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J.F. T. Giglio and W. A. Rodrigues
Jr., Locally Inertial Reference Frames in Lorentzian and Riemann- Cartan
Spacetimes, Annalen der Physik.502,302-310 (2012).[arXiv:1111.2206v2 [math-ph]]
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W.
A. Rodrigues Jr., The Nature of the Gravitational Field and its Legitimate
Energy-Momentum Tensor, Rep. Math. Phys.69, 265-279 (2012).[arXiv:1109.5272v2 [math-ph]]
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W. A. Rodrigues Jr. and E. Capelas
de Oliveira, Extracting Energyfrom an External Magnetic Field, in
V. Dvoeglazov (ed.), Einstein and Others:Unification, Contemporany Fundamental
Physics Series, Chapter 6, NovaPubl., New Yok, 2014. IBSN:
97-1-63463-276-8, arXiv:1208.1702v2 [math-ph]
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E.
Capelas de Oliveira and W. A. Rodrigues Jr., Comment on ''Self Interacting Dark
Matter with an Axis of Locality'', Phys. Rev. D86, 128501 (2012)
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E.
Capelas de Oliveira and W. A. Rodrigues Jr., Erratum to a Comment on ''Self
Interacting Dark Matter with an Axis of Locality'', Phys. Rev. D86, 128501
(2012),Phys. Rev. D88, 12990 (2013).
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W. A. Rodrigues Jr., R. Kerner, G. O. Pires and C.
Pinheiro (editors), Proc.Sixth Int. School on Field Theory and Gravitation,AIP
Conference Proceedings1483, (2012). http://proceedings.aip.org/resource/2/apcpcs/1483/1?isAuthorized=no
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E.
Capelas de Oliveira, W. A. Rodrigues Jr., and J. Vaz Jr., Elko Spinor Fields
and Massive Magnetic Like Monopoles, Int.
J. Theor. Phys. 53, 4381-4401 (2014). [arXiv:1306.4645v6 [math-ph]]DOI:10.1007/s10773-014-2188-4
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Waldyr
A. Rodrigues Jr. And Samuel A. Wainer, A Clifford Bundle Approach to the
Differential Geometry of Branes,Adv. in
Applied Clifford Algebras24, 617-847 (2014), DOI 10.1007/S00006-014-0452-6arXiv:1309.4007
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E.Capelas de Oliveira, W. A. Rodrigues Jr., and J. Vaz Jr., A
Generalized Electromagnetic Theory for the Mass Spectrum of Neutrinos,Gravitation and Cosmology20, 10-14
(2014) arXiv:1110.5040v2 [math-ph].
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E. Notte-Cuello and W. A. Rodrigues
Jr., Differential Structure of the Hyperbolic Clifford Algebra,Adv.
Applied Clifford Algebras169-218 (2015). DOI: 10.1007/s00006-014-0482-0. [arXiv:1403.3150v1 [math-ph]]
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W. A. Rodrigues Jr., Rafael F. Leão and S. A. Wainer,Concept of Lie Derivative
of Spinor Fields. A Geometrical Motivated
Approach,to appear in Adv. Applied
Clifford Algebras.[arXiv:1411:7845 [math-ph]]
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W. A. Rodrigues Jr.,S. A. Wainer,M. Rivera-Tapia,E. A. Notte-Cuello,I. Kondrashuk,A Clifford Bundle
Approach to the Wave Equation of a Spin 1/2 Fermion in the de Sitter Manifold. [arXiv:1502.05685v1 [math-ph]]