Invariant two-spaces and canonical forms for the Ricci tensor in general relativity

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/12/1/016zbMath0401.53008OpenAlexW2043564729MaRDI QIDQ4185437

W. J. Cormack, Graham S. Hall

Publication date: 1979

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/12/1/016

zbMATH Keywords

Ricci TensorClassification of Riemannian ManifoldsLorentz Metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects in vector and tensor analysis (53A45) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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