The nonexistence of rank \(4\) IP tensors in signature \((1,3)\) (Q1607942)

Let \(V\) be a real vector space of dimension \(4\) with a nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form of signature \((1,3)\). It is proved that there exists no algebraic curvature tensor \(R\) on \(V\) so that its associated skew-symmetric operator \(R(\cdot)\) has rank 4 and constant eigenvalues on the Grassmannian of nondegenerate 2-planes in \(V\). The paper contains a series of concrete interesting results and consists of thee sections. The proofs of theorems and lemmas are given in detail. The bibliography contains 9 references. The investigations are done in a global setting.