Pseudo-Riemannian VSI spaces

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/1/015008zbMATH Open1207.83050arXiv1008.2838OpenAlexW2963861708WikidataQ115293946 ScholiaQ115293946MaRDI QIDQ3074615FDOQ3074615

Authors: Sigbjørn Hervik, Alan Coley 

Publication date: 9 February 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we consider pseudo-Riemannian spaces of arbitrary signature for which all of their polynomial curvature invariants vanish (VSI spaces). We discuss an algebraic classification of pseudo-Riemannian spaces in terms of the boost weight decomposition and define the $$- and $$-properties, and show that if the curvature tensors of the space possess the $$-property then it is a VSI space. We then use this result to construct a set of metrics that are VSI. All of the VSI spaces constructed possess a geodesic, expansion-free, shear-free, and twist-free null-congruence. We also discuss the related Walker metrics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.2838

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomial rings and ideals; rings of integer-valued polynomials (13F20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Polynomials in real and complex fields: factorization (12D05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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