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Homework Statement
As the title says, I need to show this. A conformal transformation is made by changing the metric:
##g_{\mu\nu}\mapsto\omega(x)^{2}g_{\mu\nu}=\tilde{g}_{\mu\nu}##
Homework Equations
The Weyl tensor is given in four dimensions as:
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C_{\rho\sigma\mu\nu}=R_{\rho\sigma\mu\nu}-\left(g_{\rho\left[\mu\right.}R_{\left.v\right]\sigma}-g_{\sigma\left[\mu\right.}R_{\left.v\right]\rho}\right)+\frac{1}{3}g_{\rho\left[\mu\right.}g_{\left.\nu\right]\sigma}R
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where ##R_{\mu\nu}## is the Ricci tensor, ##R## is the Ricci scalar, and ##R_{\rho\sigma\mu\nu}## is the Riemann tensor
The Attempt at a Solution
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\begin{eqnarray*}
\tilde{g}_{\rho\left[\mu\right.}R_{\left.v\right]\sigma}&=&\frac{1}{2}\left(\tilde{g}_{\rho\mu}R_{\nu\sigma}-\tilde{g}_{\rho\nu}R_{\mu\sigma}\right)=\frac{1}{2}\omega(x)^{2}\left(g_{\rho\mu}R_{\nu\sigma}-g_{\rho\nu}R_{\mu\sigma}\right)\\\tilde{g}_{\sigma\left[\mu\right.}R_{\left.v\right]\rho}&=&\frac{1}{2}\left(\tilde{g}_{\sigma\mu}R_{\nu\rho}-\tilde{g}_{\sigma\nu}R_{\mu\rho}\right)=\frac{1}{2}\omega(x)^{2}\left(g_{\sigma\mu}R_{\nu\rho}-g_{\sigma\nu}R_{\mu\rho}\right)\\\tilde{g}_{\rho\left[\mu\right.}\tilde{g}_{\left.\nu\right]\sigma}&=&\frac{1}{2}\left(\tilde{g}_{\rho\mu}\tilde{g}_{\nu\sigma}-\tilde{g}_{\rho\nu}\tilde{g}_{\mu\sigma}\right)=\frac{1}{2}\omega(x)^{4}\left(g_{\rho\mu}g_{\nu\sigma}-g_{\rho\nu}g_{\mu\sigma}\right)
\end{eqnarray*}
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From here, I am lost. How do I make the ##\omega(x)## vanish?