Letter to the editor: Nonexistence of the Lanczos potential for the Riemann tensor in higher dimensions

DOI10.1007/BF02108015MaRDI QIDQ1325643zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors S. Brian Edgar

Publication date 3 July 1994

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

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann tensorspacetimesLanczos tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) General relativity (83C99)

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• On potentials for several classes of spinor and tensor fields in curved space-times
• The Splitting of the Riemann Tensor
• Third-order tensor potentials for the Riemann and Weyl tensors

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• Lanczos potential and perfect fluid spacetimes
• On effective constraints for the Riemann–Lanczos system of equations
• A potential for the radiative part of the Liénard-Wiechert field
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• Relativistic potential of Weyl: a gateway to quantum physics in the presence of gravitation?
• Lanczos spintensor for the Gödel metric
• The Riemann–Lanczos equations in general relativity and their integrability
• Some potentials for the curvature tensor on three-dimensional manifolds
• The Lanczos potential for Weyl-candidate tensors exists only in four dimensions
• Lanczos potential for arbitrary Petrov type II spacetimes
• A potential for the Lanczos spintensor in Kerr geometry

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