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Curvature tensors whose Jacobi or Szabo operator is nilpotent on null vectors

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that any kk Osserman Lorentzian algebraic curvature tensor has constant sectional curvature and give an elementary proof that any local 2 point homogeneous Lorentzian manifold has constant sectional curvature. We also show that a Szab\'o Lorentzian covariant derivative algebraic curvature tensor vanishes.

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@article{arxiv.math/0205074,
  title  = {Curvature tensors whose Jacobi or Szabo operator is nilpotent on null vectors},
  author = {Peter Gilkey and Iva Stavrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0205074},
  year   = {2007}
}
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