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arxiv: 1504.01244 · v2 · pith:ZZ3MWQJKnew · submitted 2015-04-06 · 🧮 math-ph · gr-qc· math.DG· math.MP

A Wick-rotatable metric is purely electric

Christer Helleland , Sigbjorn Hervik This is my paper
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We show that a metric of arbitrary dimension and signature which allows for a standard Wick-rotation to a Riemannian metric necessarily has a purely electric Riemann and Weyl tensor.

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