MacDowell–Mansouri action

The MacDowell–Mansouri action (named after S. W. MacDowell and Freydoon Mansouri) is an action that is used to derive Einstein's field equations of general relativity.

References

MacDowell, S. W.; Mansouri, F. (1977). "Unified geometric theory of gravity and supergravity". Phys. Rev. Lett. 38 (14): 739–742. Bibcode:1977PhRvL..38..739M. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.739.
"Derek Wise on Cartan Geometry and MacDowell–Mansouri Gravity". The n-Category Café. July 7, 2007.

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