Normal form of a metric admitting a parallel field of planes

DOI10.1063/1.529851MaRDI QIDQ4697225zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gerard Thompson

Publication date 29 June 1993

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529851

zbMATH Keywords

Artinian metricsparallel null vector fieldsymplectic forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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• CANONICAL FORM FOR A RIEMANNIAN SPACE WITH A PARALLEL FIELD OF NULL PLANES
• Connections and symmetries in spacetime

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