The determination of all syzygies for the dependent polynomial invariants of the Riemann Tensor. II. mixed invariants of Eeven degree in the Ricci Spinor


Autoria(s): Carminati, John; Lim, Allan
Data(s)

01/05/2006

Resumo

We continue our analysis of the polynomial invariants of the Riemann tensor in a four-dimensional Lorentzian space. We concentrate on the mixed invariants of even degree in the Ricci spinor Φ<sub>ABȦḂ</sub> and show how, using constructive graph-theoretic methods, arbitrary scalar contractions between copies of the Weyl spinor ψ<sub>ABCD</sub>, its conjugate ψ<sub>ȦḂĊḊ</sub> and an even number of Ricci spinors can be expressed in terms of paired contractions between these spinors. This leads to an algorithm for the explicit expression of dependent invariants as polynomials of members of the complete set. Finally, we rigorously prove that the complete set as given by Sneddon [J. Math. Phys. 39, 1659-1679 (1998)] for this case is both complete and minimal. <br />

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003846

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

American Institute of Physics

Relação

http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30003846/carminati-thedetermination-2006.pdf

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2192976

Direitos

2006, American Institute of Physics

Palavras-Chave #polynomial invariants #constructive graph-theoretic methods #polynomials #Riemann tensor
Tipo

Journal Article