The Palatini variational principle for the general Bergmann–Wagoner–Nordtvedt theory of gravitation

DOI10.1063/1.524795zbMath0516.70020OpenAlexW2172133123MaRDI QIDQ3664478

Norbert Van den Bergh

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.524795

zbMATH Keywords

Bergmann-Wagoner-Nordtvedt scalar-tensor theoryHilbert variational principleintegrable Weyl connectionPalatini method of variation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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Higgs inflation and teleparallel gravity ⋮ Variational and conformal structure of nonlinear metric-connection gravitational Lagrangians ⋮ Inflation with R² term in the Palatini formulation

Cites Work

• Mach's Principle and a Relativistic Theory of Gravitation
• On the Palatini method of variation
• The differentiable and causal structures of space-time

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