Deriving Einstein's field equations from the gravitational action

[zhushualbert]

could you please tell me how to obtain gravity equation from gravity field Action S as in detail as possible, especially the derivation of calculus of variations?
or you could point out some papers for me,
and thanks very very very very very very very very very much!
p.s. as in detail as possible! thanks!

 

[George Jones]

For a careful treatment, see Chapter 4, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of general relativity, of the book A Relativist's Toolkit by Eric Poisson.

 

[atyy]

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/poisson/research/agr.pdf

 

[zhushualbert]

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/poisson/research/agr.pdf

Thanks so much!

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