ON THE ALGEBRAIC INVARIANTS OF THE 4-DIMENSIONAL RIEMANN TENSOR

In a recent comment (1986) Sneddon discussed the set of fourteen algebraic invariants of the Riemann curvature tensor in four dimensions. The focus was rectification of an error (in the form of lack of independence) in an earlier construction and the presentation of a corrected set suitable for application. Several authors who have worked on this problem were mentioned. The comment, however, did not mention the work of Narlikar and Karmarkar (1948) who presented a set of invariants well before the earliest work cited in the comment. The original publication by Narlikar and Karmarkar may not be readily available so the author lists and makes a few comments on their set.