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Title: Algebraic theory of affine curvature tensors (English)
Author: Blažić, N.
Author: Gilkey, P.
Author: Nikčević, S.
Author: Simon, U.
Language: English
Journal: Archivum Mathematicum
ISSN: 0044-8753 (print)
ISSN: 1212-5059 (online)
Volume: 42
Issue: 5
Year: 2006
Pages: 147-168
Summary lang: English
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Category: math
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Summary: We use curvature decompositions to construct generating sets for the space of algebraic curvature tensors and for the space of tensors with the same symmetries as those of a torsion free, Ricci symmetric connection; the latter naturally appear in relative hypersurface theory. (English)
Keyword: algebraic curvature tensors
Keyword: affine curvature tensors
MSC: 53Bxx
idZBL: Zbl 1164.53320
idMR: MR2322404
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Date available: 2008-06-06T22:49:16Z
Last updated: 2012-05-10
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/108024
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