Conditions for a symmetric connection to be a metric connection

DOI10.1063/1.529867zbMath0768.53006OpenAlexW2046775757MaRDI QIDQ4030972

S. Brian Edgar

Publication date: 1 April 1993

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529867

zbMATH Keywords

curvature tensorWhitney topologiesvolume preserving connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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