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Letter: The Non-Existence of a Lanczos Potential for the Weyl Curvature Tensor in Dimensions n ≥ 7

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In this paper it is shown that a Lanczos potential for the Weyl curvature tensor does not exist for all spaces of dimension n ≥ 7.

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  1. Matematiska Institutionen, Linköpings Universitet, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden

    S. Brian Edgar & A. Höglund

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Edgar, S.B., Höglund, A. Letter: The Non-Existence of a Lanczos Potential for the Weyl Curvature Tensor in Dimensions n ≥ 7. General Relativity and Gravitation 34, 2149–2153 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021143703760

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