On Gauss-Bonnet Curvatures
The $(2k)$-th Gauss-Bonnet curvature is a generalization to higher dimensions of the $(2k)$-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet integrand, it coincides with the usual scalar curvature for $k = 1$. The Gauss-Bonnet curvatures are used in theoretical physics to describe gravity in higher dimensional space times...
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Language: | English |
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National Academy of Science of Ukraine
2007-12-01
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Series: | Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications |
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Online Access: | http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2007/118/ |