Tensors and Relativity: Chapter 8
The Christoffel symbols
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The next step on our journey towards the solution of the field equations is to calculate the components of the Christoffel symbols .
We have
Of the total of forty independent components, only twelve are non- zero, for example
so
where is denoted by a prime. The rest of the components are [ Assignment 7]
where the dot denotes .