Published April 1983 | Version v1
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Geometrical interpretation of a generalized theory of gravitation

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada

Description

The geometrical structure is developed for a theory of gravitation, based on a nonsymmetric metric in a four-dimensional real manifold. The local fiber bundle gauge group is GL(4,R), which contains the (local) homogeneous Lorentz gauge group SO(3,1) of general relativity

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.)
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
4
Series
J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.).
Journal Page Range
886-889
ISSN
0022-2488

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14780592
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GAUGE INVARIANCE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; METRICS; SO GROUPS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS