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A little stuck while working through a derivation. Hope someone can help.
Starting from
[itex]
-\xi^c(\Gamma^d_{ca}g_{db}+\Gamma^d_{cb}g_{ad})+\partial_b\xi^dg_{ad}+\partial_a\xi^cg_{cb}=0
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I need to obtain the Killing equations, i.e.
[itex]
\bigtriangledown_b\xi_a+\bigtriangledown_a\xi_b=0
[/itex]
Working backwards...
Rewriting the covariant derivative in terms of the partial derivative gives
[itex]
\bigtriangledown_b\xi_a+\bigtriangledown_a\xi_b=\partial_a\xi_b+\partial_b\xi_a-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c=0
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Lowering the vector in the partial derivatives gives...
[itex]
\partial_a\xi_b+\partial_b\xi_a-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c=-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c+\partial_b\xi^dg_{ad}+\partial_a\xi^cg_{cb}=0
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I don't however know how to go from
[itex]
-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c[/itex]
to
[itex]
-\xi^c(\Gamma^d_{ca}g_{db}+\Gamma^d_{cb}g_{ad}[/itex])
Can someone help?
Homework Statement
Starting from
[itex]
-\xi^c(\Gamma^d_{ca}g_{db}+\Gamma^d_{cb}g_{ad})+\partial_b\xi^dg_{ad}+\partial_a\xi^cg_{cb}=0
[/itex]
I need to obtain the Killing equations, i.e.
[itex]
\bigtriangledown_b\xi_a+\bigtriangledown_a\xi_b=0
[/itex]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Working backwards...
Rewriting the covariant derivative in terms of the partial derivative gives
[itex]
\bigtriangledown_b\xi_a+\bigtriangledown_a\xi_b=\partial_a\xi_b+\partial_b\xi_a-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c=0
[/itex]
Lowering the vector in the partial derivatives gives...
[itex]
\partial_a\xi_b+\partial_b\xi_a-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c=-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c+\partial_b\xi^dg_{ad}+\partial_a\xi^cg_{cb}=0
[/itex]
I don't however know how to go from
[itex]
-\Gamma^c_{ba}\xi_c-\Gamma^c_{ab}\xi_c[/itex]
to
[itex]
-\xi^c(\Gamma^d_{ca}g_{db}+\Gamma^d_{cb}g_{ad}[/itex])
Can someone help?