Three-dimensional Einstein-Weyl geometry (Q1803586)

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Three-dimensional Einstein-Weyl geometry
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    Three-dimensional Einstein-Weyl geometry (English)
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    29 June 1993
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    Several examples of Einstein-Weyl spaces are obtained, discussed and classified. The question of complexification is solved. A simple proof is given that the Einstein-Weyl condition is equivalent to the existence of totally geodesic null hypersurfaces. Some conjectures are presented.
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    minitwistor space
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    complex space
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    signature
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    geodesics
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    Einstein-Weyl space
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    Killing field
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    twistor
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    analytic
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