Point Transformations in the Lagrangian

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Homework Statement


Hi, I'm working on understanding how a time independent point transformation
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. effects the Lagrangian and to see how what values are co and contra variant.

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Would these be correct formulations, or have I overlooked something?

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and
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for Q = 0, from
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dynamicskillingme said:
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The left side seems ok. I don't know where the right side comes from, I mean the second factor of the left side.