Spinors, algebraic geometry, and the classification of second-order symmetric tensors in general relativity

DOI10.1007/BF00671658zbMath0454.53020OpenAlexW2025017007WikidataQ125862553 ScholiaQ125862553MaRDI QIDQ1149646

W. J. Cormack, Graham S. Hall

Publication date: 1981

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00671658

zbMATH Keywords

general relativityspinorcomplex projective 3-spacesecond-order symmetric tensors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects in vector and tensor analysis (53A45) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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