5. The Four-Dimensional Conformal Structures
Published Online: 14 OCT 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781118032633.ch5
Copyright © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
Book Title
Conformal Differential Geometry and Its Generalizations
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How to Cite
Akivis, M. A. and Goldberg, V. V. (1996) The Four-Dimensional Conformal Structures, in Conformal Differential Geometry and Its Generalizations, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9781118032633.ch5
Publication History
- Published Online: 14 OCT 2011
- Published Print: 23 AUG 1996
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Print ISBN: 9780471149583
Online ISBN: 9781118032633
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Keywords:
- four-dimensional conformal structures;
- structure equations;
- Hodge operator;
- conformal structures;
- general relativity
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Structure equations of the CO(2, 2)-structure
The CO(1,3)-structure and the CO(4, 0)-structure
The Hodge operator
Completely isotropic submanifolds of four-dimensional conformal structures
Four-dimensional webs and CO(2, 2)-structures
Conformal structures of some metrics in general relativity
Conformal structures on a four-dimensional hypersurface