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Quastions about Zee's book "EGR in a nutshell""
Now I'm reading a book Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell by A. Zee, and I had some misunderstanding.
Zee writes (page 89):
before that, he wrote,
Trying to solve the problem. I expanded in a series metrics as mentioned [itex]g_{\theta\theta}(r) = r^2_*+2r_*(r-r_*)+2(r-r_*)^2[/itex]
I see that [itex]B_{\mu\nu, \lambda \sigma}=B_{\theta\theta,r r}=B_{22,11}=1[/itex].
How can I get intrinsic curvature?
Below, he still writes
I turns out that the curvature is not zero, it should be.
Now I'm reading a book Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell by A. Zee, and I had some misunderstanding.
Zee writes (page 89):
To make sure that you follow this discussion, I suggest you try this fun exercise. Suppose
you were given a space described by the metricds [itex]ds^2=dr^2+r^2d\theta^2.[/itex] This is of course a plane as flat as Kansas, but suppose you didn’t know that. Calculate the curvature by first transforming polar coordinates into locally flat coordinates at the point [itex](r,θ)=(r_∗,0)[/itex] by going through all the steps here. Then extract the combination of the [itex]B_{\mu\nu,\lambda\sigma}[/itex]s giving the intrinsic curvature. By the end of this straightforward exercise, you will probably agree that there ought to be a better way to get at the curvature.
before that, he wrote,
So, look at our space around a point P. First, for writing convenience, shift our coordinates so that the point P is labeled by [itex]x=0[/itex]. Expand the given metric around P out
to second order: [itex] g_{\mu\nu}(x)=g_{\mu\nu}(0)+A_{\mu\nu,\lambda}x^{\lambda}+B_{\mu\nu, \lambda \sigma} x^{\lambda}x^{\sigma}+...[/itex]
(The commas in the subscripts carried by [itex]A[/itex] and [itex]B[/itex] are purely for notational clarity, to separate two sets of indices.)
Trying to solve the problem. I expanded in a series metrics as mentioned [itex]g_{\theta\theta}(r) = r^2_*+2r_*(r-r_*)+2(r-r_*)^2[/itex]
I see that [itex]B_{\mu\nu, \lambda \sigma}=B_{\theta\theta,r r}=B_{22,11}=1[/itex].
How can I get intrinsic curvature?
Below, he still writes
Show that for [itex]D=2[/itex], the combination [itex]2B_{12,12}−B_{11,22}−B_{22,11}[/itex] measures intrinsic curvature.
I turns out that the curvature is not zero, it should be.