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

DOI10.1007/BF02108015zbMATH Open0797.53016WikidataQ29040138 ScholiaQ29040138MaRDI QIDQ1325643FDOQ1325643

Authors: S. Brian Edgar 

Publication date: 3 July 1994

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemann tensorspacetimesLanczos tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Cites Work

• On potentials for several classes of spinor and tensor fields in curved space-times
• Third-order tensor potentials for the Riemann and Weyl tensors
• The Splitting of the Riemann Tensor
• A note on a paper by Massa and Pagani
• Is the Riemann tensor derivable from a tensor potential?

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

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