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Lanczos Potential and Tetrad Formalism

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The Lanczos tensor and its importance in general relativity have been discussed. The basic equations describing the gravitational field, in terms of Lanczos tensor, have been expressed in the language of NP and GHP formalisms along with other related equations.

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    A tensor quantity is said to be reducible if it can be decomposed into parts which transform along themselves. If such a decomposition is not possible, then the quantity is called irreducible (cf., [2]).

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Ahsan, Z. (2019). Lanczos Potential and Tetrad Formalism. In: The Potential of Fields in Einstein's Theory of Gravitation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8976-4_4

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