Intersecting hypersurfaces, topological densities and Lovelock gravity

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2007.03.005zbMath1121.83012arXivgr-qc/0401062MaRDI QIDQ998009

Elias Gravanis, Steven Willison

Publication date: 10 August 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0401062

zbMATH Keywords

junction conditions; simplices; Lovelock gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83E15: Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

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