Legendre transformation and dynamical structure of higher-derivative gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/7/4/007MaRDI QIDQ3473776zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors M. Ferraris, M. Francaviglia, G. Magnano

Publication date 1990

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/7/4/007

zbMATH Keywords

Ricci tensorLegendre transformationscurvature termsgravitational Lagrangiansnonlinear theoriesWeyl terms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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