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A local potential for the Weyl tensor in all dimensions

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S Brian Edgar1 and José M M Senovilla2

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In all dimensions n ≥ 4 and arbitrary signature, we demonstrate the existence of a new local potential—a double (2, 3)-form, Pabcde—for the Weyl curvature tensor Cabcd, and more generally for all tensors Wabcd with the symmetry properties of the Weyl tensor. The classical four-dimensional Lanczos potential for a Weyl tensor—a double (2, 1)-form, Habc—is proven to be a particular case of the new potential: its double dual.


PACS

04.20.Ex Initial value problem, existence and uniqueness of solutions

02.40.Ky Riemannian geometries

MSC

83C50 Electromagnetic fields

34B20 Weyl theory and its generalizations

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Gravitation and cosmology

Dates

Issue 22 (21 November 2004)

Received 29 August 2004, in final form 31 August 2004

Published 29 October 2004



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