Algebraic theory of affine curvature tensors

Novica Blažić; Peter Gilkey; S. Nikčević; Udo Simon

Archivum Mathematicum (2006)

  • Volume: 042, Issue: 5, page 147-168
  • ISSN: 0044-8753

Abstract

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We use curvature decompositions to construct generating sets for the space of algebraic curvature tensors and for the space of tensors with the same symmetries as those of a torsion free, Ricci symmetric connection; the latter naturally appear in relative hypersurface theory.

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Blažić, Novica, et al. "Algebraic theory of affine curvature tensors." Archivum Mathematicum 042.5 (2006): 147-168. <http://eudml.org/doc/249816>.

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