Universality of the Einstein equations for Ricci squared Lagrangians

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/1/005zbMath0908.53049arXivgr-qc/9611067WikidataQ117553915 ScholiaQ117553915MaRDI QIDQ4399346

Marco Ferraris, Andrzej Zdzisław Borowiec, Mauro Francaviglia, Igor V. Volovich

Publication date: 18 March 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9611067

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equations; universality; first-order formalism; energy-momentum complex; nonlinear Lagrangians; Ricci square invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

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