Variational characterization of torsionl
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Ugo Bruzzo
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Article
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1981
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Springer
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English
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We state a variational principle which allows the variational characterization of the class of torsion\_less affme connections on a Riemannian manifold, as well as of any subclass of it determined by a suitable set of constraints on the metricity of the connection. ## 1. Introduction This paper is