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I don't know exactly what I'm looking for in this question so I'll ask it in a vague way. What is the connection between a particle's proper acceleration and the christoffel symbol of the second kind (single contravariant and double covariant) ? Is this correct?
[itex]\frac{∂^2x^\alpha}{∂\tau^2}=-\Gamma^\alpha{}{}_\beta\gamma\frac{∂x^\beta}{∂\tau}\frac{∂x^\gamma}{∂\tau}[/itex]
What are the physical meanings behind these quantities?
[itex]\frac{∂^2x^\alpha}{∂\tau^2}=-\Gamma^\alpha{}{}_\beta\gamma\frac{∂x^\beta}{∂\tau}\frac{∂x^\gamma}{∂\tau}[/itex]
What are the physical meanings behind these quantities?