Metrics compatible with a symmetric connection in dimension three

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(95)00014-3zbMath0861.53013OpenAlexW2010014568MaRDI QIDQ1915646

Gerard Thompson

Publication date: 12 May 1997

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(95)00014-3

zbMATH Keywords

Levi-Civita connections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Linear and affine connections (53B05) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

Related Items (4)

On orthogonal chords in normed planes ⋮ Bi-invariant and noninvariant metrics on Lie groups ⋮ Characterization of Levi-Civita and Newton-Cartan connections in dimension 2 ⋮ A note on symmetric connections

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