For topology-changing variations, the Einstein–Hilbert action is continuous only for n>2 and admits no critical points in exactly four dimensions.
First-order equivalent to Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian,
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A topology-changing variational framework for the Einstein-Hilbert functional
For topology-changing variations, the Einstein–Hilbert action is continuous only for n>2 and admits no critical points in exactly four dimensions.