Commutator of 4-momentum and position

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Is there a commutation relation between [itex]x^{\mu}[/itex] and [itex]\partial^{\nu}[/itex] if you treat them as operators? I think I will need that to prove this
[itex] [$J J^{\mu \nu}, J^{\rho \sigma}] = i (g^{\nu \rho} J^{\mu \sigma} - g^{\mu<br /> \rho} J^{\nu \sigma} - g^{\nu \sigma} J^{\mu \rho} + g^{\mu \sigma} J^{\nu<br /> \rho})$[/itex]
Where the generators are defined as

[itex] <br /> $J J^{\mu \nu} = i (x^{\mu} \partial^{\nu} - x^{\nu} \partial^{\mu})$[/itex]
 
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Never mind, I found the appropriate relation, [itex]\partial_{\mu}x^{\nu}=g^{\mu \nu}[/itex]

But I'm not entirely sure why this is true. If someone could explain that would be great.