Is the Riemann tensor derivable from a tensor potential?

DOI10.1007/BF00762934MaRDI QIDQ796123zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Enrico Massa, Enrico Pagani

Publication date 1984

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762934

zbMATH Keywords

covariant derivative of a third rank tensorintegrability conditionsRiemann tensorvacuum field equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Review text

The review for this paper is contained in the preceding review [Zbl 0543.53026].

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• A new gravitational energy tensor
• Letter to the editor: Nonexistence of the Lanczos potential for the Riemann tensor in higher dimensions
• Lanczos potential for arbitrary Petrov type II spacetimes
• A scale-invariant, Machian theory of gravitation and electrodynamics unified
• On effective constraints for the Riemann–Lanczos system of equations
• Relativistic potential of Weyl: a gateway to quantum physics in the presence of gravitation?
• The Riemann–Lanczos equations in general relativity and their integrability
• A note on a paper by Massa and Pagani
• Lanczos potential and perfect fluid spacetimes

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