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Riemann Tensor

  1. Mar 28, 2007 #1

    Stas

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    How many degrees of freedom has Riemann Tensor in general D dimensions and how it can be calculated?
     
    Stas, Mar 28, 2007
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    thank u!!!
     
    Stas, Mar 28, 2007
  5. Mar 28, 2007 #4

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    If I remember correctly, the Riemann tensor has 24 independent components. The rest can be calculated by knowing what happens when you flip the indices around. of course, there's no reason you'd want to compute the rest, since there are quite a few of them.
     
    arunma, Mar 28, 2007
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