Teleparallel equivalent of higher dimensional gravity theories

Abstract

The equivalence between the Lanczos-Lovelock and teleparallel gravities is discused. It is shown that the teleparallel equivalent of the Lovelock gravity action is generated by dimensional continuation of the teleparallel equivalent of the Euler characteristics associated to all the lower even dimensions. It is also found that the teleparallel equivalent of the (i) d-dimensional Euler characteristic is a closed form and gauge invariant, (ii) Lovelock action are invariant both under the Poincare group and diffeomorphisms.