On effective constraints for the Riemann–Lanczos system of equations
From MaRDI portal
(Redirected from Publication:4833185)
Abstract: There have been conflicting points of view concerning the Riemann--Lanczos problem in 3 and 4 dimensions. Using direct differentiation on the defining partial differential equations, Massa and Pagani (in 4 dimensions) and Edgar (in dimensions n > 2) have argued that there are effective constraints so that not all Riemann tensors can have Lanczos potentials; using Cartan's criteria of integrability of ideals of differential forms Bampi and Caviglia have argued that there are no such constraints in dimensions n < 5, and that, in these dimensions, all Riemann tensors can have Lanczos potentials. In this paper we give a simple direct derivation of a constraint equation, confirm explicitly that known exact solutions of the Riemann-Lanczos problem satisfy it, and argue that the Bampi and Caviglia conclusion must therefore be flawed. In support of this, we refer to the recent work of Dolan and Gerber on the three dimensional problem; by a method closely related to that of Bampi and Caviglia, they have found an 'internal identity' which we demonstrate is precisely the three dimensional version of the effective constraint originally found by Massa and Pagani, and Edgar.
Recommendations
- Exterior differential systems, Janet–Riquier theory and the Riemann–Lanczos problems in two, three, and four dimensions
- Some potentials for the curvature tensor on three-dimensional manifolds
- The Weyl–Lanczos equations and the Lanczos wave equation in four dimensions as systems in involution
- Prolongation methods and Cartan characters for the three-dimensional Riemann–Lanczos problem
- Integrability of the Weyl-Lanczos and the Riemann-Lanczos equations in general relativity
Cites work
- A natural scalar field in the Einstein gravitational theory
- A note on a paper by Massa and Pagani
- Dimensionally dependent tensor identities by double antisymmetrization
- E. Cartan's geometrie theory of partial differential equations
- Existence of Lanczos potentials and superpotentials for the Weyl spinor/tensor
- Exterior differential systems, Janet–Riquier theory and the Riemann–Lanczos problems in two, three, and four dimensions
- Is the Riemann tensor derivable from a tensor potential?
- Letter to the editor: Nonexistence of the Lanczos potential for the Riemann tensor in higher dimensions
- On potentials for several classes of spinor and tensor fields in curved space-times
- The Lanczos potential for the Weyl curvature tensor: existence, wave equation and algorithms
- The Lanczos potential for Weyl-candidate tensors exists only in four dimensions
- The non-existence of a Lanczos potential for the Weyl curvature tensor in dimensions n 7
- The Splitting of the Riemann Tensor
- Third-order tensor potentials for the Riemann and Weyl tensors
- Third-order tensor potentials for the Riemann and Weyl tensors. II: Singular solutions
Cited in
(6)- Letter to the editor: Nonexistence of the Lanczos potential for the Riemann tensor in higher dimensions
- A weighted de Rham operator acting on arbitrary tensor fields and their local potentials
- Exterior differential systems, Janet–Riquier theory and the Riemann–Lanczos problems in two, three, and four dimensions
- Prolongation methods and Cartan characters for the three-dimensional Riemann–Lanczos problem
- The Riemann–Lanczos equations in general relativity and their integrability
- Third-order tensor potentials for the Riemann and Weyl tensors. II: Singular solutions
This page was built for publication: On effective constraints for the Riemann–Lanczos system of equations
Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q4833185)
