Timeline for Confusion regarding Riemann Tensor and Ricci Tensor
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| Mar 26, 2023 at 15:23 | comment | added | safesphere | Differential equations are meaningless without boundary conditions. And with the boundary conditions the gravitational equations do define the full Riemann tensor. | |
| Mar 20, 2023 at 21:55 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Mar 20, 2023 at 15:08 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Mar 20, 2023 at 14:56 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2023 at 14:47 | answer | added | Andrew Steane | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 20, 2023 at 14:23 | comment | added | Prahar | yes. that is what it means. The rest of the Riemann tensor is captured by the Weyl tensor and this is not fixed by Einstein's equations at all. For example, gravitational waves are described by the Weyl tensor, not by the Ricci tensor. | |
| Mar 20, 2023 at 13:54 | history | asked | user355398 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |