Conformal Einstein equations and Cartan conformal connection

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作者
Kozameh, C
Newman, ET
Nurowski, P
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[1] Natl Univ Cordoba, FAMAF, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Phys & Astron, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[3] Warsaw Univ, Inst Fiz Teoret, Warsaw, Poland
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10.1088/0264-9381/20/14/305
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Necessary and sufficient conditions for a spacetime to be conformal to an Einstein spacetime are interpreted in terms of curvature restrictions for the corresponding Cartan conformal connection.
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