A note on the structure of algebraic curvature tensors

被引:7
作者
Díaz-Ramos, JC [1 ]
García-Río, E [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Fac Math, Dept Geometry & Topol, Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain
关键词
algebraic curvature tensor; normal coordinates; Nash embedding theorem;
D O I
10.1016/S0024-3795(04)00049-7
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
It is shown that any algebraic curvature tensor on an n-dimensional vector space can be represented by at most n(n+1)/2 symmetric bilinear forms. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:271 / 277
页数:7
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