Variational and conformal structure of nonlinear metric-connection gravitational Lagrangians

DOI10.1063/1.532744zbMath0948.83050arXivgr-qc/9712025OpenAlexW1992005760MaRDI QIDQ4701905

J. Miritzis, L. Querella, Spiros Cotsakis

Publication date: 21 November 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9712025

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein field equationshigher-order theories of gravityalternative variational methodsconformal equivalence theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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