Third-order tensor potentials for the Riemann and Weyl tensors

DOI10.1007/BF00759166zbMath0508.53021MaRDI QIDQ1837927

Franco Bampi, Giacomo Caviglia

Publication date: 1983

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

zbMATH Keywords

potentialWeyl tensorRiemann tensorcombination of derivatives

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20)

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