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

DOI10.1007/BF02108015zbMath0797.53016WikidataQ29040138 ScholiaQ29040138MaRDI QIDQ1325643

S. Brian Edgar

Publication date: 3 July 1994

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

zbMATH Keywords

spacetimes; Riemann tensor; Lanczos tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C99: General relativity

53B30: Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics

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