Newton-Cartan connections with torsion

2004/02/25 by T. Dereli, Tekin Dereli, Şahin Koçak +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0402116

11 pages, no figure

arxiv created 2004/02/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We re-formulate the notion of a Newton-Cartan manifold and clarify the compatibility conditions of a connection with torsion with the Newton-Cartan structure.

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