A Newman-Penrose-type formalism for space-times with torsion

DOI10.1007/BF00758941zbMath0454.53022MaRDI QIDQ1149649

S. Jogia, Jerry B. Griffiths

Publication date: 1980

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

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein-Cartan theoryNewman-Penrose formalismasymmetric connectionspin coefficients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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• Algebraic computing and the Newman-Penrose formalism in general relativity
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