Topics in Non-Riemannian Geometry

Abstract

In this paper, we present some new results on non-Riemannian geometry, more specifically, asymmetric connections and Weyl's geometry. For asymmetric connections, we show that a projective change in the symmetric part generates a vector field that its not arbitrary, as usually presented, but rather, the gradient of a non-arbitrary scalar function. We use normal coordinates for the symmetric part of asymmetric connections as well as for the Weyl's geometry. This has a direct impact on asymmetric conections, although normal frames are usual in antisymmetic connections, unlike normal coordinates. In this symmetric part of asymmetric connections, the vector fields obeys a well-known partial differential equantion, whereas in Weyl's geometry, gauge vector fields obey an equation that we believe is presented for the first time in this paper. We deduce the exact solution of each of these vector fields as the gradient of a scalar function. For both asymmetric and Weyl's symmetric connections, the respective scalar functions obey respective scalar partial differential equations. As a consequence, Weyl's geometry is a conformal differential geometry and is associated with asymmetric geometry by a projective change. We also show that a metric tensor naturally appears in asymmetric geometry and is not introduced via a postulate, as is usually done. In Weyl's geometry, the eletromagnetic gauge is the gradient of a non-arbitrary scalar function and eletromagnetic fields are null. Despide the origin in Weyl's differential geometry, the use of the eletromagnetic gauge is correct in Lagrangean and Hamiltonian formulations of field theories.