Abstract
In this paper, we obtained the geometrical objects that are common in different definitions of the generalized Riemannian spaces. These objects are analogies to the Thomas projective parameter and the Weyl projective tensor. After that, we obtained some geometrical objects important for applications in physics.
Keywords:
Riemannian space; invariant of Thomas type; invariant of Weyl type; invariant; pressure; energy density; spin tensor MSC:
53B05; 53B21; 53B50
1. Introduction
In many research articles, books, and monographs, Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian spaces have been studied. Some of the most significant authors who have developed the theory of these spaces are L. P. Eisenhart [1], N. S. Sinyukov [2], J. Mikeš and his research group [3,4,5,6], I. Hinterleitner [7,8], S. E. Stepanov [9], and many others.
An N-dimensional manifold equipped with the regular symmetric metric tensor , is [2,3,4,5,6,10,11] the (pseudo-)Riemannian space , where denote the symmetrization with respect to indices i and j. The affine connection (Levi–Civita connection) coefficients of the space are the Christoffel symbols , , where , .
One kind of covariant derivative with respect to the symmetric metric tensor is
for a tensor of the type , the Christoffel symbols and the partial derivative are denoted by commas.
One Ricci identity [2,3,4,5,6] is founded with respect to the covariant derivative (1), . With respect to this identity, the curvature tensor, the Ricci tensor, and the scalar curvature of the associated space are obtained
Based on research articles (L. P. Eisenhart, [10,11]), many researchers have studied and developed the theories of generalized Riemannian spaces and special kinds of them. The physical meaning of curvature tensors in the sense of Eisenhart’s definition is presented in [12].
The studies about the affine connection spaces with torsion are started by the research of L. P. Eisenhart [13]. An N-dimensional manifold equipped with the affine connection with torsion ∇, whose coefficients are , , for at least one pair of indices , is the (general) affine connection space .
The symmetric and antisymmetric parts of the coefficients are
The tensor is the torsion tensor for the space .
The manifold equipped with the torsion-free affine connection , whose coefficients are , is the associated space of the space .
One kind of covariant derivative with respect to the affine connection is [2,3,4,5,6]:
The corresponding Ricci-type identity is , where
is the curvature tensor of the space .
The Ricci tensor of the associated space is
1.1. Generalized Riemannian Spaces
An N-dimensional manifold equipped with the nonsymmetric metric tensor is [1] the generalized Riemannian space (in the Eisenhart’s sense).
The symmetric and antisymmetric parts of the metric tensor are
We assume that the matrix is regular. In this case, is a metric tensor of some Riemannian space, which we denote as . Hence, the components of the contravariant metric tensor are . For this reason, the equality holds for the Kronecker -symbol . For this reason, the tensors and are used for lowering and raising the indices in the space.
The affine connection coefficients of the space are the generalized Christoffell symbols [1]:
One obtains that the symmetric and antisymmetric parts and are
The tensor is the torsion tensor for the space .
Motivated by the Einstein Metricity Condition
S. Ivanov and M. Lj. Zlatanović (see [14,15]) obtained the generalized Riemannian space , whose metric tensor is , but the affine connection coefficients are
for and the torsion tensor , .
The curvature tensor and the Ricci tensor of the associated space are given by ((5) and (6)). The scalar curvature of the associated space is
for the corresponding affine connection coefficients .
The space obtained and used in [14,15] is a special kind of affine connection space in Eisenhart’s sense [13].
1.2. Mappings of Space
Invariants of different mappings are significant objects in mathematical research. Unlike in the theory of fixed points, where the existence of an object whose value does not change under the action of a function is noted [16,17], in differential geometry, specific geometric objects are determined that do not change under the action of different mappings [2,3,4,5,6,18,19].
The generalized Riemannian space in the Eisenhart’s sense [1] is the special case of the affine connection space (see [13]).
A diffeomorphism , in which the affine connection of the space transforms to the affine connection of the space is the mapping of the space .
If the mapping f transforms the affine connection coefficients which correspond to the affine connection of the space to the affine connection coefficients of the affine connection of the space , the tensor
is the deformation tensor for the mapping f.
After adding a symmetric tensor , of the type to the affine connection coefficient , i.e., , one obtains the geometrical objects which are the coefficients of the corresponding (unique) affine connection . For this reason, any deformation tensor generates unique mapping .
- Geodesic Mappings of Space
A curve in the space is a curve that satisfies the following system of partial differential equations [2,3,4,5,6]
for a scalar function .
A mapping , which any geodesic line of space transmits to a geodesic line of the space , is the geodesic mapping [2,3,4,5,6].
The basic equation of geodesic mapping f is
for a 1-form .
N. S. Sinyukov [2] and J. Mikeš with his research group [3,4,5,6] contracted the equality (10) by i and k, expressed the 1-form as , substituted this expression into the basic Equation (12), and obtained that it is for
and the corresponding . The geometric object is the Thomas Projective parameter initially obtained by T. Thomas [20].
After that, N. S. Sinyukov [2] and J. Mikeš with his collaborators [3,4,5,6] applied H. Weyl’s methodology [21] to obtain invariant from the transformation of curvature tensor caused by the basic Equation (10):
They contracted the relation (12) by i and j, and obtained that it is . The contraction of relation (12) by i and n gave
When substituting the expression (13) into the Equation (12), they obtained the equality for
and the corresponding .
All of the traces , , vanish. For this reason, it is not possible to use the Weyl projective tensor to obtain an invariant for the geodesic mapping that is a linear monic polynomial of Ricci tensor .
The last presented methodology was used for obtaining invariants of mappings defined on a nonsymmetric affine connection space . Many authors have obtained significant results in these generalizations. Some of them are M. S. Stanković [22,23,24], M. Lj. Zlatanović [22,23,24,25,26], S. M. Minčić [23], M. S. Najdanović [27], and many others.
- Preferred Methodology for Obtaining Invariants of Mappings
Motivated by the basic Equation (10) for geodesic mapping , with substituted ,
the methodology for obtaining invariants of a mapping is developed in the following way [19]:
- The deformation tensor is expressed asfor geometrical objects , .
- In the next step, it was concluded that . In this way, it was proved that the geometrical object is an invariant for the mapping F. The geometrical object is the associated basic invariant of Thomas type for the mapping F.
- In the next, based on the equalitythe next invariant for mapping F is obtained:The invariant is the associated basic invariant of the Weyl type for the mapping F.
- After contracting the difference , another invariant for the mapping F was obtained.
- The trace is a linear monic function of the Ricci tensor, unlike the trace .
By using this methodology, we proved that two invariants with respect to the transformation of curvature tensor may be obtained [28]. The trace of the first of these two invariants is a monic linear polynomial of Ricci tensor .
In this paper, we focused on the associated invariants of Thomas and Weyl type of the third class for a special mapping. These invariants are (see the Equations (2.6, 2.9) in [19]):
where is the curvature tensor of the associated space and .
1.3. Variations and Variational Derivatives
Let be a continuously differentiable function defined on the interval , , and let be a function of three variables. The expression
where ranges over the set of all continuously differentiable functions defined on the interval , is a functional [29].
The variational (or functional) derivative of the operator is [29,30]
where is an arbitrary function.
For a scalar in four-dimensional space and the corresponding operator , it satisfies the equalities
In particular, it holds the equality .
1.4. Motivation
The Einstein–Hilbert action that corresponds to the symmetric metric tensor is [31]
for a term describing any matter fields appearing in the theory, the metric determinant and the cosmological constant .
The Einstein’s equations of motion are
where is the energy–momentum tensor.
In [32], the energy–momentum tensor is expressed as
for the energy density , the pressure , the 4-velocity , , the 1-form such that , the trace-free tensor of type which, together with the 4-velocity , satisfies the equality and the tensor .
The next equalities are satisfied [32]:
The following equalities are satisfied [12,33]
in the reference system , such as
in the comoving reference system .
2. Main Results
With respect to Equation (7), we conclude the existence of the unique mapping whose deformation tensor is
In this section, we realize the next purposes of this paper: (1) To obtain the associated invariants of Thomas and Weyl type of the third class for the mapping , whose deformation tensor is given by (9); (2) To study the transformation rules of the pressure p and the energy density with respect to the mapping .
2.1. Invariants
From the last equation, after using the equalities
one obtains
Based on , we conclude that such as
Hence, the geometrical object given by (23) reduces to
After substituting the expression (23a) into the Equations (17) and (18) multiplied by , one obtains
The next theorem holds.
Theorem 1.
Let be the mapping which transforms the generalized Riemannian space in the sense of Ivanov and Zlatanović’s definition [14] of the generalized Riemannian space in the sense of Eisenhart’s definition [1]. The geometrical objects and , given by (24), (25), are the associated basic invariants of the Thomas and Weyl type of the third class for the mapping f.
2.2. Physical Examples
In this part of the paper, we compare the pressures, energy densities, and state parameters generated by the spaces and . We also assume that the equality holds for the contravariant metric tensor obtained from the metric tensor .
Let us consider the Einstein–Hilbert action
for the scalar curvature of the associated Riemannian space in the sense of the definition from [14,15].
As in [12], after varying the Einstein–Hilbert action (26) by we obtain
In a reference system , the pressure and the energy density are
for the 4-velocity .
In the comoving reference system , the pressure and the energy densitygiven by (27), (28) reduce to
With respect to Equations (22) and (23a), we get
for the tensor given by (23a).
After substituting the expression (22a) in Equations (3), (4), (6), and (8), one obtains
As we concluded above, the symmetric part of the deformation tensor for the mapping is . Hence, the geometrical object is an invariant for the mapping f. The contravariant symmetric metric tensor is also an invariant for the mapping f.
If one substitutes Equations (31) and (32) in the expressions (19)–(21), (27)–(30), one will complete the proof for the next theorem.
Theorem 2.
The mapping transforms the energy–momentum tensor to the energy–momentum tensor by the rule
The following equalities are equivalent
The pressures p and obtained with respect to the spaces and satisfy the equation
In the comoving reference system , the Equation (33) reduces to
The pressure p is an invariant for the mapping if and only if
In the comoving reference system , the condition (34) reduces to
The energy densities ρ and obtained with respect to the spaces and satisfy the equation
In the comoving reference system , the Equation (33) reduces to
The energy density ρ is an invariant for the mapping if and only if
In the comoving reference system , the condition (35) reduces to
The geometrical object used in this theorem is given by (23a).
2.3. Contorsion and Spin Tensors
The covariant contorsion tensor of space is
The corresponding spin tensor is [34]
After lowering the index i in (36), we obtain the covariant spin tensor
3. Conclusions
In this paper, we connected different definitions of generalized Riemannian spaces through their corresponding mapping.
In Section 2.1, we obtained the associated invariants of Thomas and Weyl type for this mapping. The Purpose 1 of this paper is realized in this section.
In Section 2.2, we analyzed some physical terms and their changes with respect to transformation from one to another definition of the generalized Riemannian space. We obtained the necessary and sufficient conditions for these terms to be invariant under this transformation.
Author Contributions
All authors have equal contributions. Conceptualization, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Methodology, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Software, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Validation, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Formal analysis, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Investigation, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Resources, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Data curation, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Writing—original draft, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Writing—review & editing, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Visualization, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Supervision, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Project administration, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R.; Funding acquisition, M.S., N.V., D.S. and B.R. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This paper is partially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development through grants 451-03-65/2024-03/200102 and 451-03-65/2024-03/200251.
Data Availability Statement
No new data were created or analyzed in this study. Data sharing is not applicable to this article.
Acknowledgments
Nenad Vesić wishes to thank the Serbian Ministry of Science, Technological Developments, and Patents, which financially supported this research through the Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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