Abstract

This paper generalizes Einstein's theorem. It is shown that under the transformation TΛ:UikU¯ikUik+δiΛkδkΛi, curvature tensor Skmi(U), Ricci tensor Sik(U), and scalar curvature S(U) are all invariant, where Λ=Λjdxj is a closed 1-differential form on an n-dimensional manifold M.It is still shown that for arbitrary U, the transformation that makes curvature tensor Skmi(U) (or Ricci tensor Sik(U)) invariant TV:UikU¯ikUik+Vik must be TΛ transformation, where V (its components are Vik) is a second order differentiable covariant tensor field with vector value.