Lovelock's theorem revisited

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2011.05.004zbMath1228.58003arXiv1005.2386WikidataQ56815722 ScholiaQ56815722MaRDI QIDQ719405

Alberto Navarro, José Navarro Garmendia

Publication date: 10 October 2011

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.2386

zbMATH Keywords

natural tensors; natural bundles; divergence-free tensors; Loverlock's gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58A32: Natural bundles

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