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 | | Of course, there must be other symmetries so that the number of algebraically independent components of *R_(abcd) is 20, the same as for R_(abcd). |
 | | Together, ER(X) and BR(X) account for 6+8=14 of the 20 algebraically independent components of the Riemann tensor R. There is a third tensor, the Bel tensor LR(X), which accounts for the other 6 components, and has the same symmetries as ER(X). |
 | | Recall that in contrast, the conformal curvature or Weyl tensor, the completely traceless part of the Riemann tensor, has 10 algebraically independent components at each event, and splits into electro-Weyl tensors EW(X) and magneto-Weyl tensors BW(X), each of which can be thought of as symmetric traceless three by three matrices (five algebraically independent components each). |
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