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Nonlinear Lagrangians of the Ricci type

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The Euler-Lagrange equations for some class of gravitational actions are calculated by means of Palatini principle. Polynomial structures with Einstein metrics appear among extremals of this variational problem.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9906043,
  title  = {Nonlinear Lagrangians of the Ricci type},
  author = {Andrzej Borowiec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9906043},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages in LaTeX, to appear in Reports on Mathematical Physics