Normal frames for general connections

DOI10.1002/andp.200910373zbMath1185.53015OpenAlexW2093307973MaRDI QIDQ5190058

James M. Nester

Publication date: 12 March 2010

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.200910373

zbMATH Keywords

normal coordinatesaffine connectionnormal frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Linear and affine connections (53B05)

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Cites Work

• Gravity from Poincare Gauge Theory of the Fundamental Particles. I: General Formulation

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