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Uniqueness of the torsion-curvature pair

Differential Geometry 2025-12-01 v1

Abstract

On smooth manifolds of dimension n4n \ge 4, we prove that the torsion and curvature are, up to a scalar factor, the only pair of a vector-valued 2-form and an endomorphism-valued 2-form naturally associated with a linear connection that satisfy both the linear and differential Bianchi identities. This result extends to arbitrary linear connections a recent characterisation of the curvature tensor of a symmetric linear connection obtained in the paper "On the uniqueness of the torsion and curvature operators", Rev. R. Acad. Cienc. Exactas Fis. Nat. Ser. A Mat. RACSAM, 114, 2020.

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@article{arxiv.2511.22627,
  title  = {Uniqueness of the torsion-curvature pair},
  author = {Raúl Martínez Bohórquez and José Navarro and Juan B. Sancho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.22627},
  year   = {2025}
}