Cotton tensor on a (pseudo)-Riemannian manifold of dimension n is a third-order tensor concomitant of the metric. The vanishing of the Cotton tensor for...
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Riemann curvature tensor, the Weyl tensor expresses the tidal force that a body feels when moving along a geodesic. The Weyl tensor differs from the Riemann...
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The Lanczos tensor or Lanczos potential is a rank 3 tensor in general relativity that generates the Weyl tensor. It was first introduced by Cornelius...
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_{iq}^{p}\Gamma _{jr}^{q}\Gamma _{kp}^{r}{\biggr )}.} This variation gives the Cotton tensor = − 1 2 g ( ε m i j D i R j n + ε n i j D i R j m ) . {\displaystyle...
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causal structure. It is related to topologically massive gravity and the Cotton tensor. It is a possible UV completion of general relativity. Also, the speed...
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In Riemannian geometry the Schouten tensor is a second-order tensor introduced by Jan Arnoldus Schouten defined for n ≥ 3 by: P = 1 n − 2 ( R i c − R...
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Cotton (1872–1950), French mathematician, discoverer of the Cotton tensor F. Albert Cotton (1930–2007), American inorganic chemist Sir Robert Cotton,...
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P_{ab}={\frac {1}{n-2}}\left(R_{ab}-{\frac {R}{2(n-1)}}g_{ab}\right).} Cotton tensor Obstruction tensor Rudolf Bach, "Zur Weylschen Relativitätstheorie und der Weylschen...
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introduction of the Cotton tensor. He held the professorship from 1904 until his 1942 retirement. He was the brother of Aimé Cotton. Cotton, É. (1899). "Sur...
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if and only if its Cotton tensor vanishes. In dimensions > 3, a metric is locally conformally flat if and only if its Weyl tensor vanishes. In 1822, Carl...
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