Some comparisons of the Weyl conformal tensor and its classification in 4-dimensional Lorentz, neutral or positive definite signatures

DOI10.1142/S0218271817410048MaRDI QIDQ5268042zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. S. Hall

Publication date 14 June 2017

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218271817410048

zbMATH Keywords

neutral signaturePetrov classificationWeyl tensor classification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20)

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