Letter to the editor: Nonexistence of the Lanczos potential for the Riemann tensor in higher dimensions

DOI10.1007/BF02108015zbMath0797.53016WikidataQ29040138 ScholiaQ29040138MaRDI QIDQ1325643

S. Brian Edgar

Publication date: 3 July 1994

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

zbMATH Keywords

spacetimesRiemann tensorLanczos tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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Cites Work

• A note on a paper by Massa and Pagani
• Is the Riemann tensor derivable from a tensor potential?
• On potentials for several classes of spinor and tensor fields in curved space-times
• Third-order tensor potentials for the Riemann and Weyl tensors
• The Splitting of the Riemann Tensor

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