Sectional curvature in general relativity
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Sectional curvature in general relativity
zbMATH Open document ID: 0614.53026
DOI: 10.1007/BF00768213
published in: General Relativity and Gravitation
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: This paper gives a detailed account of the sectional curvature function in general relativity from both the mathematical and the physical viewpoint. Some recent results are rederived by more systematic methods and some new results are obtained. Symmetries of the sectional curvature are also considered, as is the topological structure of the space of sectional curvature functions of all Lorentz metrics on a given four- dimensional manifold.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53B30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53B50
zbMATH DE Number: 3994454
zbMATH Keywords: sectional curvature
zbMATH Keywords: general relativity
zbMATH Keywords: Lorentz metrics
author: G. S. Hall
author: Alan D. Rendall
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3994454