Necessary and sufficient conditions for (i) Weyl, (ii) Riemann-Cartan connections

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(94)90034-5zbMath0799.53016OpenAlexW1966691260MaRDI QIDQ1326564

S. Brian Edgar

Publication date: 21 August 1994

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(94)90034-5

zbMATH Keywords

curvature tensorsemimetric connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear and affine connections (53B05) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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