Sharp version of the Goldberg-Sachs theorem

DOI10.1007/s10231-010-0151-4zbMath1232.83013arXiv0911.3364OpenAlexW2069599511MaRDI QIDQ540730

A. Rod Gover, Clyde Denson Hill, Paweł~ Nurowski

Publication date: 3 June 2011

Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.3364

zbMATH Keywords

Newman-Penrose formalismGoldberg-Sachs theoremalgebraically special fieldscomplex metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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