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Radiohannah
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Hello!
I have a few questions about how the Affine connection works.
I know the geodesic equation;
[tex]\Gamma^{\lambda}_{\mu \nu} = \frac{\partial x^{\lambda}}{\partial \xi^{\alpha}} \frac{\partial^{2} \xi^{\alpha}}{\partial x^{\nu} \partial x^{\mu}}[/tex]
So, for example, if I had the expression
[tex]\ddot{t} + \frac{A'}{A} \frac{dr}{d \tau} \frac{dt}{d \tau} = 0[/tex]
I can read off
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{rt} = \frac{A'}{2A}[/tex]
Where the expression is divided by 2 because they are off diagonal terms, since the subscript indices are not the same.
I am not sure how this then applies to the actual
[tex]\Gamma_{t}[/tex]
matrix. Should the
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{rt} = \Gamma^{t}_{tr} [/tex] terms be exactly the same? Because in an example the
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{tr} = \frac{A'}{2A} [/tex]
Whereas the
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{rt} = \frac{A'}{2B} [/tex]
And I don't understand why there should be a different letter on the denominator, I had always thought that if they are off-diagonal terms they should be identical?? Is that not the case?
And finally, as for all of the other components in the matrix, would these all just be 0? I think that because, I know that the Affine connection is not a tensor, and so will not have diagonal "1" terms like the metric tensor, so all other terms must be 0? Is that true?
ie
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{tt} = 0[/tex] ?
Many thanks in advance!
Hannah
I have a few questions about how the Affine connection works.
I know the geodesic equation;
[tex]\Gamma^{\lambda}_{\mu \nu} = \frac{\partial x^{\lambda}}{\partial \xi^{\alpha}} \frac{\partial^{2} \xi^{\alpha}}{\partial x^{\nu} \partial x^{\mu}}[/tex]
So, for example, if I had the expression
[tex]\ddot{t} + \frac{A'}{A} \frac{dr}{d \tau} \frac{dt}{d \tau} = 0[/tex]
I can read off
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{rt} = \frac{A'}{2A}[/tex]
Where the expression is divided by 2 because they are off diagonal terms, since the subscript indices are not the same.
I am not sure how this then applies to the actual
[tex]\Gamma_{t}[/tex]
matrix. Should the
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{rt} = \Gamma^{t}_{tr} [/tex] terms be exactly the same? Because in an example the
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{tr} = \frac{A'}{2A} [/tex]
Whereas the
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{rt} = \frac{A'}{2B} [/tex]
And I don't understand why there should be a different letter on the denominator, I had always thought that if they are off-diagonal terms they should be identical?? Is that not the case?
And finally, as for all of the other components in the matrix, would these all just be 0? I think that because, I know that the Affine connection is not a tensor, and so will not have diagonal "1" terms like the metric tensor, so all other terms must be 0? Is that true?
ie
[tex]\Gamma^{t}_{tt} = 0[/tex] ?
Many thanks in advance!
Hannah