Four-dimensional tensor identities of low order for the Weyl and Ricci tensors

DOI10.1023/A:1026601013194MaRDI QIDQ1807385zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors S. Brian Edgar

Publication date 18 November 1999

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

zbMATH Keywords

Lovelock's identityRicci-like tensorstensor identityWeyl-like tensors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects in vector and tensor analysis (53A45) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27)

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