One component of the curvature tensor of a Lorentzian manifold

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Authors

GALAEV Anton

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Geometry and Physics
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Faculty of Science

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Field General mathematics
Keywords Lorentzian manifold; Holonomy algebra; Curvature tensor; Einstein manifold
Description The holonomy algebra $\g$ of an $n+2$-dimensional Lorentzian manifold $(M,g)$ admitting a parallel distribution of isotropic lines is contained in the subalgebra $\simil(n)=(\Real\oplus\so(n))\zr\Real^n\subset\so(1,n+1)$. An important invariant of $\g$ is its $\so(n)$-projection $\h\subset\so(n)$, which is a Riemannian holonomy algebra. One component of the curvature tensor of the manifold belongs to the space $\P(\h)$ consisting of linear maps from $\Real^n$ to $\h$ satisfying an identity similar to the Bianchi one. In the present paper the spaces $\P(\h)$ are computed for each possible $\h$. This gives the complete description of the values of the curvature tensor of the manifold $(M,g)$. These results can be applied e.g. to the holonomy classification of the Einstein Lorentzian manifolds.
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