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atrahasis
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Hi,
I have a question concerning the Wald's book: General Relativity.
In the appendix E, he derived the Einstein equation by considering the surface term (GHY).
I do not understand what he said after the equation (E.1.38).
Actually he considers that h^{bc}\nabla_c(\delta g_{ab})=0, because we fix \delta g_{ab}=0 on the surface, but therefore why the other term in (E.1.38) is not null, the term h^{bc}\nabla_a(\delta g_{bc}).
They look the same for me, and after some algebra, where we replace the covariant derivative by the one compatible with the metric on the surface we should have a total derivative term on the surface that we can integrate away.
Thanks in advance
I have a question concerning the Wald's book: General Relativity.
In the appendix E, he derived the Einstein equation by considering the surface term (GHY).
I do not understand what he said after the equation (E.1.38).
Actually he considers that h^{bc}\nabla_c(\delta g_{ab})=0, because we fix \delta g_{ab}=0 on the surface, but therefore why the other term in (E.1.38) is not null, the term h^{bc}\nabla_a(\delta g_{bc}).
They look the same for me, and after some algebra, where we replace the covariant derivative by the one compatible with the metric on the surface we should have a total derivative term on the surface that we can integrate away.
Thanks in advance