Abstract
We examine universal curvature identities for pseudo-Riemannian manifolds with boundary. We determine the Euler–Lagrange equations associated to the Chern–Gauss–Bonnet formula and show that they are given solely in terms of curvature and the second fundamental form and do not involve covariant derivatives, thus generalizing a conjecture of Berger to this context.
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