Linear connections and curvature tensors in the geometry of parallelizable manifolds (Q2472764)

The authors investigate the curvature corresponding to some connections considered in an AP-space (Absolute Parallelism space). The advantage of this is that AP-geometry is wider (the six extra degrees of freedom could be used to describe physical phenomena other than gravity) than the classical Riemannian geometry, hence an alternative to the possibility of increasing the dimension of the underlying manifold (as in the Kaluza-Klein model). Moreover, calculations within the framework of AP-space are easier than in Riemannian geometry. Finally, the authors study some properties of the so called Wanas tensor [see \textit{M. I. Wanas}, A generalized field theory and its applications in cosmology. Ph. D. Thesis. Cairo Univ. (1975)].