A new algorithm for the Segre classification of the trace-free Ricci tensor
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A new algorithm for the Segre classification of the trace-free Ricci tensor
zbMATH Open document ID: 1065.83047
DOI: 10.1023/B:GERG.0000018087.58885.57
author: E. Zakhary
author: John Carminati
published in: General Relativity and Gravitation
publication date: 2004-08-19T00:00:00Z
review text: An algorithm, based on a spinor decomposition, is proposed to perform the Petrov-Plebanski and the Segre classifications, in 4 dimensions, of the trace-free Ricci tensor \(S_{ab}= R_{ab}-(R/4)g_{ab}\). The algorithm is presented as an improvement of some known ones.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C20
zbMATH DE Number: 2093358
zbMATH Keywords: Segre classification
zbMATH Keywords: Ricci tensor
zbMATH Keywords: Weyl tensor
reviewed by: Alberto Saa
MaRDI profile type: Publication
Wikidata QID: Q126097071
full work available at URL: b:gerg.0000018087.58885.57
OpenAlex ID: W1968929059
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2093358