Possible Errors in Writing Christoffel Symbols with a Symmetric Metric

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Homework Statement



¿Why [tex]\Gamma^{k}_{i j} = (1/2) g^{k p} (g_{i p ,j}+ g_{j p ,i}- g_{i j , p})[/tex] can't be writed like [tex]\Gamma^{k}_{i j} = (1/2) g^{k p} (2 g_{i p ,j}+g_{i j , p})[/tex]

if i can say that the metric is symmetric?

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That is the relevant equation

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i don't know
 
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What makes you think that ##g_{ip},_j = g_{jp},_i## ? Certainly, ##g_{ij} = g_{ji}##, but that's not what you've got here.

Also what makes you think that ##g_{ij},_p = -g_{ji},_p##, or was that sign error just a typo?