Torsion and related concepts: An introductory overview

DOI10.1007/BF00669602zbMath0447.53012MaRDI QIDQ1146384

Borut Gogala

Publication date: 1980

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

principle of equivalencecontortion tensoranholonomic basistorsion of a manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to differential geometry (53-01) Linear and affine connections (53B05)

Related Items (7)

Rotation and acceleration as parallel transport in a space-time with torsion ⋮ Torsion and attractors in the Kolmogorov hydrodynamical system ⋮ El Naschie's Cantorian frames, gravitation and quantum mechanics ⋮ Riemann-Cartan geometry of nonlinear dislocation mechanics ⋮ The Weitzenböck connection and time reparameterization in nonholonomic mechanics ⋮ Riemann curvature tensor in nonholomorphic coordinates and non-Riemannian space-times ⋮ Affine development of closed curves in Weitzenböck manifolds and the Burgers vector of dislocation mechanics

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• Rotation and acceleration as parallel transport in a space-time with torsion
• General relativity with spin and torsion: Foundations and prospects
• Ricci-Calculus
• Invariant Affine Connections on Homogeneous Spaces
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