Derivative of metric determinant with respect to metric tensor

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Hello,

Can anyone give me the answer of the following derivative?

\frac{\partial{g}}{\partial{g^{\mu \nu}}}

Thank you in advance !
 
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fishnchips said:
Hello,

Can anyone give me the answer of the following derivative?

[tex]\frac{\partial{g}}{\partial{g^{\mu \nu}}}[/tex]

Thank you in advance !
Maybe if you define what you mean by it. If you found it in a book, please tell us the name of the book and the page number, or (better) find it at Google Books and post a link to that page.