MacDowell-Mansouri action
- MacDowell-Mansouri action
The MacDowell-Mansouri action is a mathematical object (an action) that is used to derive Einstein's field equations of general relativity.
References
* S. W. MacDowell and F. Mansouri, Unified geometric theory of gravity and supergravity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 38 (1977), 739-742. [http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.739]
* "Derek Wise on Cartan Geometry and MacDowell–Mansouri Gravity", The n-Category Café. July 7, 2007. [http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2007/07/derek_wise_on_cartan_geometry.html]
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