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arxiv: 1207.0128 · v2 · pith:YQLM5HLUnew · submitted 2012-06-30 · 🧮 math.DG · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

Einstein metrics in projective geometry

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It is well known that pseudo-Riemannian metrics in the projective class of a given torsion free affine connection can be obtained from (and are equivalent to) the solutions of a certain overdetermined projectively invariant differential equation. This equation is a special case of a so-called first BGG equation. The general theory of such equations singles out a subclass of so-called normal solutions. We prove that non-degerate normal solutions are equivalent to pseudo-Riemannian Einstein metrics in the projective class and observe that this connects to natural projective extensions of the Einstein condition.

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