Topological invariants and the dynamics of an axial vector torsion field

DOI10.1007/BF01031879MaRDI QIDQ1055021zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Wolfgang Drechsler

Publication date 1983

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01031879

zbMATH Keywords

axial vector torsion fieldEinstein's equationsPontrjagin invariantquadratic curvature invariantsRiemann-Cartan space-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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• Gravity without metric, torsion, and topological gravity

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