The algebra of two symmetric matrices: Proving completeness and deriving syzygies for a set of invariants of the Riemann tensor

DOI10.1063/1.532828zbMath0965.53017MaRDI QIDQ4701838

Sotirios Bonanos

Publication date: 21 November 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.532828

zbMATH Keywords

scalar curvature; Ricci tensor; Riemann tensor; Weyl spinor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

53B20: Local Riemannian geometry

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