Conical singularities and torsion

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/11/5/019zbMath0798.53081MaRDI QIDQ4296230

K. Paul Tod

Publication date: 1 November 1994

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/11/5/019

zbMATH Keywords

delta distribution; Bianchi identity; connection; conical singularities; torsion tensor; flat spacetime; affine holonomy; linear holonomy; Riemannian tensor; boost; affine translation; quasi-local singularity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C80: Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences

83C75: Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc.

83C15: Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory

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