Scalar polynomial curvature invariants in the context of the Cartan–Karlhede algorithm

DOI10.1142/S0219887819500270zbMath1411.83069arXiv1506.03415OpenAlexW2962903110MaRDI QIDQ4625455

D. D. McNutt, Nathan Musoke, Dario A. Brooks, J. P. Simard

Publication date: 22 February 2019

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03415

zbMATH Keywords

Cartan invariantsLorentzian metricsscalar polynomial curvature invariantsthree-dimensional gravityframe formalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) (58A15) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

Uses Software

• NP
• NPspinor

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