Space-time algebra approach to curvature
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 22 (2) , 333-342
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.524884
Abstract
Introducing the notions of vector and bivector differentiation into the Dirac algebra, considered as a Clifford algebra, makes possible an extremely concise and geometrically transparent treatment of the curvature tensor and its properties, and of related topics such as Lorentz invariants, characteristic equations, Petrov types, and principal null directions by explicit construction.Keywords
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