Obstructions to conformally Einstein metrics in n dimensions

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 450-484

  Gover, A Rod ^a   Nurowski, Paweł ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conformal invariants; Conformally Einstein metrics; Tractor bundle

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844554104     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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