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An introduction to spinor methods in general relativity is presented. Gravitational equations are reformulated in spinor terms. The way of classifying gravitational fields with respect to the algebraic type of the curvature tensor is discussed. The use of Petrov classification is demonstrated on the example of the peeling-off theorem.
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Perjés, Z. Introduction to spinors and Petrov types in general relativity. Acta Physica 41, 173–185 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03159403
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03159403