Computing the trace of the energy-momentum tensor for a fluid

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Okay so I have:

Eqn1) Tij=[tex]\rho[/tex]uiuj-phij = [tex]\rho[/tex]uiuj-p(gij-uiuj)

Where Tij is the energy-momentum tensor, being approximated as a fluid with [tex]\rho[/tex] as the energy density and p as the pressure in the medium.


My problem:
Eqn2) Trace(T) = Tii = gijTij = [tex]\rho[/tex]-3p

My attempt:

Tr(T) = Tii = gij[[tex]\rho[/tex]uiuj-p(gij-uiuj)]
= [[tex]\rho[/tex]gijuiuj-pgijgij+pgijuiuj)]
= [tex]\rho[/tex]u - p + pu

which doesn't equal rho-3p (eqn2) as required, so I've done something wrong.
I think I've contracted incorrectly but I don't know why... please help?
 
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What are the following?

[tex]g^{i j} g_{i j} = ?[/tex]

[tex]g^{i j} u_i u_j = ?[/tex]
 
Well,
[tex]g^{i j} u_i u_j = 1[/tex]

[tex]g^{i j} g_{i j} = ??[/tex]
uh... g? or 0?

Might need to help me out here, maths isn't my first language...
 
Cheers man, that actually makes complete sense - but just for the record:

gij gij = δii = n, where n is number of dimensions?

I'm just wondering how you knew it was four without knowing how dimensions it was.
Tensors aren't all 4-d, right?
 
tetris11 said:
Cheers man, that actually makes complete sense - but just for the record:

gij gij = δii = n, where n is number of dimensions?

I'm just wondering how you knew it was four without knowing how dimensions it was.
Tensors aren't all 4-d, right?

Well this is the 'Special & General Relativity' board so it was probably just a good guess?