Sufficient conditions for a curvature tensor to be Riemannian and for determining its metric

DOI10.1063/1.529376MaRDI QIDQ3981663zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors S. Brian Edgar

Publication date 26 June 1992

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529376

zbMATH Keywords

curvaturemetric connectionsymmetric connectionNewman-Penrose languagePetrov-type classification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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• Space-time philosophy reconstructed \textit{via} massive Nordström scalar gravities? Laws \textit{vs.} geometry, conventionality, and underdetermination
• On a theorem of Élie Cartan
• On the determination of the energy-momentum tensor and Weyl tensor structure from the curvature in space-time
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• Metrics compatible with a symmetric connection in dimension three
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