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Proving the symmetry of the Ricci tensor?
Consider the Ricci tensor :
$R_{\mu\nu}=\partial_{\rho}\Gamma_{\nu\mu}^{\rho}
-\partial_{\nu}\Gamma_{\rho\mu}^{\rho}
+\Gamma_{\rho\lambda}^{\rho}\Gamma_{\nu\mu}^{\lambda}
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basic vector being hermitian
If the space has a mixed metric signature, not all the basis vectors are Hermitian.
Nevertheless, they are defined to be self-adjoint under reversion. The vector transpose
conjugate is, ...
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Better Tensor Notation
I am in a General Relativity class, and I am finding the usual tensor notation very difficult to think about -- it seems like there are too many names to express something simple. E.g., I think of ...
