Quartic equations and classification of Riemann tensors in general relativity

DOI10.1007/BF00756865MaRDI QIDQ809385zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. C. Joly, Jan E. Åman, Ray A. d'Inverno, Malcolm A. H. MacCallum

Publication date 1991

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00756865

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmsmultiple rootsPetrov classificationcomputer algebra systemquartic equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-04)

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