A variational principle giving gravitational superpotentials, the affine connection, Riemann tensor, and Einstein field equations

DOI10.1007/BF00756324zbMath0422.53015MaRDI QIDQ1133783

John Stachel

Publication date: 1977

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

zbMATH Keywords

variational principleEinstein field equationsLagrangiangravitational superpotentials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Linear and affine connections (53B05)

Related Items (3)

Conservation laws for energy and momentum in curved spaces ⋮ Metric-affine variational principles in general relativity. II: Relaxation of the Riemannian constraint ⋮ Conformal and projective structures in general relativity

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• Covariant Conservation Laws in General Relativity
• Conservation Laws in General Relativity
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