Lagrangian Multiplier and Riemannian Spaces
- 1 July 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Reviews of Modern Physics
- Vol. 21 (3), 497-502
- https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.21.497
Abstract
The Riemannian geometries, which are derivable from a quadratic action principle, are generated by a new mathematical approach, based on the method of the Lagrangian multiplier. This changes the 10 differential equations of fourth order for the to 24 differential equations of second order for a new field quantity. This field quantity is a tensor of third order, antisymmetric in one pair of indices, in remarkable analogy to the fundamental -tensor of Einstein's theory of distant parallelism. The field equations are tied together by 13 identities. The basic structure of the field equations for infinitesimal fields is investigated and their relations to Einstein's theory of gravity and Einstein's theory of distant parallelism discussed.
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