Robinson manifolds as the Lorentzian analogs of Hermite manifolds.

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(02)00106-7zbMath1035.53067arXivmath/0201266OpenAlexW2007171634WikidataQ115338141 ScholiaQ115338141MaRDI QIDQ1397842

Andrzej Trautman, Paweł~ Nurowski

Publication date: 6 August 2003

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0201266

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentz manifoldsHermite manifoldsRobinson manifoldsTwistor bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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