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$C^{1,1}$ Pseudohermitian, Torsion-free Manifolds

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-12-28 v1 Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

Riemannian Manifolds may be C1,1C^{1,1} and the geometry of these manifolds is investigated in \cite{Groah1}. Here, a similar analysis is given for pseudohermitian, torsion-free manifolds whereby, instead of assuming that the metric is parallel, it is assumed that the metric is pseudohermitian, a condition adopted by Einstein and elaborated upon in \cite{Hlavaty}. At the level of regularity assumed here, Einstein's formulation of the pseudohermitian condition is not tensorial and so a reformulation of this condition is given here. It is shown that a C1,1C^{1,1} manifold is pseudohermitian and torsion-free if and only if it is Riemannian.

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@article{arxiv.1612.08419,
  title  = {$C^{1,1}$ Pseudohermitian, Torsion-free Manifolds},
  author = {Jeffrey M Groah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.08419},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1510.08078