Conditions for a symmetric connection to be a metric connection
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Publication:4030972
DOI10.1063/1.529867zbMATH Open0768.53006OpenAlexW2046775757MaRDI QIDQ4030972FDOQ4030972
Authors: S. Brian Edgar 
Publication date: 1 April 1993
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529867
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