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Letter: The Petrov Type of the Five-Dimensional Myers-Perry Metric

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We point out that the Myers-Perry metric in five dimensions is algebraically special. It has Petrov type 22, which is the Petrov type of the five-dimensional Schwarzschild metric.

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  1. C. N. Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 11794-3840, USA

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De Smet, PJ. Letter: The Petrov Type of the Five-Dimensional Myers-Perry Metric. General Relativity and Gravitation 36, 1501–1504 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GERG.0000022586.06313.fc

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