Vierbein

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of tetrad.

    "As a consequence, the SO(m,n) algebra is deformed into a Lorentz algebra with the emergency of the local Lorentz symmetries and the gauge fields being identified with a vierbein and a spin connection."

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tetrad

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"As a consequence, the SO(m,n) algebra is deformed into a Lorentz algebra with the emergency of the local Lorentz symmetries and the gauge fields being identified with a vierbein and a spin connection."

Etymology

From German vierbeinig (“four-legged”).

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