Differentisl geometry internal contraction

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Hi
I am struggling to see how the relation:
[itex](df:U)(dh:V)-(dh:V)(df:V)[/itex] (1)
can be rewritten as:
[itex]U(fdh:v)-V(fdh:U)-fdh:[U,V][/itex] (2)

I have tried expanding (1) out by making a scalar vector product of Udh:V but i don't think that is right and i am just not sure how best to proceed. It was annoyingly skipped over in class today, any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
 
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I am very unclear as to what you are asking. Perhaps you could clarify? What is f,h,U,V? What does your : mean? Typically, I have seen contraction denoted by [itex]\iota[/itex] or [itex]\lrcorner[/itex], so I do not know how to read this.