Uniqueness conjecture for metric-affine torsion waves

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Let cjc_j be the weights in the metric-affine action, and let Minkowski space be equipped with connections of the form

Γ(x)=Γ′cos⁡(k⋅x)+Γ”sin⁡(k⋅x),k≠0,R(x)≢0.\Gamma(x)=\Gamma'\cos(k\cdot x)+\Gamma”\sin(k\cdot x),\quad k\ne0,\quad R(x)\not\equiv0.

Here R(x)R(x) denotes the curvature of the connection, and the torsion waves are the solutions constructed in Section. Torsion-wave uniqueness conjecture. For generic weights cjc_j, torsion waves are the only solutions of the metric-affine Euler–Lagrange problem among these connections in Minkowski space. The conjecture is motivated by the system being heavily overdetermined; special choices such as the Yang–Mills weights admit wider families, so the genericity qualification is essential.

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Dmitri Vassiliev, “Pseudoinstantons in metric-affine field theory”, arXiv:gr-qc/0108028 (2001).

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