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Title: Curvature tensors in dimension four which do not belong to any curvature homogeneous space (English)
Author: Kowalski, Oldřich
Author: Prüfer, Friedbert
Language: English
Journal: Archivum Mathematicum
ISSN: 0044-8753 (print)
ISSN: 1212-5059 (online)
Volume: 30
Issue: 1
Year: 1994
Pages: 45-57
Summary lang: English
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Category: math
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Summary: A six-parameter family is constructed of (algebraic) Riemannian curvature tensors in dimension four which do not belong to any curvature homogeneous space. Also a general method is given for a possible extension of this result. (English)
Keyword: Riemannian manifolds
Keyword: curvature tensor
Keyword: curvature homogeneous spaces
MSC: 53C20
MSC: 53C21
MSC: 53C30
idZBL: Zbl 0813.53027
idMR: MR1282112
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Date available: 2008-06-06T21:25:36Z
Last updated: 2012-05-10
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/107494
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