Invariant two-spaces and canonical forms for the Ricci tensor in general relativity

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/12/1/016zbMATH Open0401.53008OpenAlexW2043564729MaRDI QIDQ4185437FDOQ4185437

W. J. Cormack, G. S. Hall

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/12/1/016

zbMATH Keywords

Ricci TensorClassification of Riemannian ManifoldsLorentz Metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects in vector and tensor analysis (53A45) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

Cited In (7)

• Segre types of symmetric two-tensors in \(n\)-dimensional spacetimes
• Physical structure of the energy-momentum tensor in general relativity
• Spinors, algebraic geometry, and the classification of second-order symmetric tensors in general relativity
• Schouten-Codazzi gravity
• Classification of second order symmetric tensors in five-dimensional Kaluza–Klein-type theories
• Riemannian curvature and the classification of the Riemann and Ricci tensors in space-time
• Sectional curvature in general relativity

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