All spacetimes with vanishing curvature invariants

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6213-6236

  Pravda, V ^a   Pravdova A ^a   Coley, A ^b   Milson, R ^b  

^a MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0036445781     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/23/318     Document Type: Article

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