The number of tensor differential invariants of a Riemannian metric

2002/03/12 by Victor Tapia, Víctor Tapia, Tapia, Victor
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0203043

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Abstract

We determine the number of functionally independent components of tensors involving higher-order derivatives of a Riemannian metric.

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