Twistor connection and normal conformal Cartan connection

DOI10.1007/BF00771141zbMath0465.53039OpenAlexW2037470133MaRDI QIDQ1154694

Helmut Friedrich

Publication date: 1977

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00771141

zbMATH Keywords

vector bundlespace-timeconformal Lorentz structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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