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Covariant Derivatives in Curved Spacetime


Covariant derivative = Normal derivative derivative of the metric.

The connection or Christoffel symbol () handles the derivatives of the metric.

";" the semicolon convention for covariant derivatives. Omission: The details of the Christoffel symbol are not discussed here.




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