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Bianchi and Weyl equations as sufficient equations for Einstein spaces (English)
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5 September 1995
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The author assumes the Bianchi identities and the Weyl wave equations (in the form which they take for an Einstein space) for an arbitrary symmetric 4-spinor, with the background space being unspecified. It is then proven that -- in general -- the consistency of these equations demands that the background space be an Einstein space and that the arbitrary symmetric 4-spinor be the Weyl 4-spinor. In other words, the Bianchi identities and the Weyl wave equations are sufficient conditions for an Einstein space. The implications of this result for the Newman- Penrose and Geroch-Held-Penrose spin-coefficient formalisms are briefly discussed.
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Bianchi identity
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spinor calculus
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Weyl wave equations
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Einstein space
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