The Casimir operator of a metric connection with skew-symmetric torsion

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 188-204

  Agricola, Ilka ^a   Friedrich, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Casimir operator; Metric connections with torsion; Parallel spinors; Special Riemannian manifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542508886     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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