Variational characterization of torsionless connections on Riemannian manifolds

DOI10.1007/BF00420696zbMath0467.53026WikidataQ115395000 ScholiaQ115395000MaRDI QIDQ1155880

Ugo Bruzzo

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equationsLagrangianconstraintsgravitational variational principlestorsionless connections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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