On Generating a Lagrangian for Higher Dimensional Gravity

Abstract

The Lovelock Lagrangian is for even dimension D obtained from Weil polynomials on the Lie algebra of the Lorentz group SO(1,D-1). The procedure for generating it is related to the Weil homomorphism that converts Lie algebra invariants into cohomology classes.

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