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Holonomy and Projective Equivalence in 4-Dimensional Lorentz Manifolds

Differential Geometry 2009-08-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A study is made of 4-dimensional Lorentz manifolds which are projectively related, that is, whose Levi-Civita connections give rise to the same (unparameterised) geodesics. A brief review of some relevant recent work is provided and a list of new results connecting projective relatedness and the holonomy type of the Lorentz manifold in question is given. This necessitates a review of the possible holonomy groups for such manifolds which, in turn, requires a certain convenient classification of the associated curvature tensors. These reviews are provided.

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@article{arxiv.0906.5227,
  title  = {Holonomy and Projective Equivalence in 4-Dimensional Lorentz Manifolds},
  author = {Graham S. Hall and David P. Lonie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.5227},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Comments: 23 pages, LaTeX; typos corrected, page 9 last line corrected to $g'=e^{2\chi}a^{-1}$

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