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On the problem of algebraic completeness for the invariants of the Riemann tensor. III.

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posted on 2024-06-16, 13:39 authored by J Carminati, E Zakhary
We study the set CZ of invariants [Zakhary and Carminati, J. Math. Phys. 42, 1474 (2001)] for the class of space-times whose Ricci tensors possess a null eigenvector. We show that all cases are maximally backsolvable, in terms of sets of invariants from CZ, but that some cases are not completely backsolvable and these all possess an alignment between an eigenvector of the Ricci tensor with a repeated principal null vector of the Weyl tensor. We provide algebraically complete sets for each canonically different space-time and hence conclude with these results and those of a previous article [Carminati, Zakhary, and McLenaghan, J. Math. Phys. 43, 492 (2002)] that the CZ set is determining or maximal.<br>

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New York, N.Y.

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eng

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C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2002, American Institute of Physics

Journal

Journal of mathematical physics

Volume

43

Pagination

4020-4034

ISSN

0022-2488

eISSN

1089-7658

Issue

8

Publisher

American Institute of Physics

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