An ambiguous statement called the "tetrad postulate" and the correct field equations satisfied by the tetrad fields

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2095-2150

  Rodrigues Jr , Waldyr A ^a   Souza, Quintino A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

"Tetrad postulate"; Einstein equations in tetrad form; Ricci and Einstein operators; Tetrads

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644432673     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271805008157     Document Type: Article

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