Barbara OPOZDA, Wlodzimierz M. MIKULSKI

The Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem applied for counting connections with a prescribed Ricci tensor

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Yayın Aralığı: 6
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How many linear connections are there with a prescribed Ricci tensor? The question is answered in the analytic case by using the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem.

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