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Why Cant I Calculate 1-forms!?
Ive been given the following formula to find 1-forms:
[tex]2\omega_{ab} = e^d i(X_a)i(X_b)\mbox{d}e_d + i(X_b)\mbox{d}e_a - i(X_a)\mbox{d}e_b[/tex]
and have been asked to find all connection 1-forms. Of course, you can't find these 1-forms without a metric, so here it is:
[tex]g = -\mbox{d}t\otimes\mbox{d}t + f(t)^2\hat{g}[/tex]
where [itex]\hat{g}[/itex] is the metric on some 3-dimensional space of constant curvature c. My orthonormal frame is
[tex]e^0 = \mbox{d}t \quad \quad e^i = f(t)\hat{e}^i[/tex]
where [itex]\hat{e}^i[/itex] is a [itex]\hat{g}[/itex]-orthonormal frame. And note that [itex]X_i = \frac{1}{f}\hat{X}_i[/itex]. Phew! Hope that's not too hard to comprehend.
But I don't know what to put in for d in the index of e. I am aware that you have to sum over d but I am not sure what to sum over. 0,1,2,3? EDIT: Yes, I sum over everything.
Ive been given the following formula to find 1-forms:
[tex]2\omega_{ab} = e^d i(X_a)i(X_b)\mbox{d}e_d + i(X_b)\mbox{d}e_a - i(X_a)\mbox{d}e_b[/tex]
and have been asked to find all connection 1-forms. Of course, you can't find these 1-forms without a metric, so here it is:
[tex]g = -\mbox{d}t\otimes\mbox{d}t + f(t)^2\hat{g}[/tex]
where [itex]\hat{g}[/itex] is the metric on some 3-dimensional space of constant curvature c. My orthonormal frame is
[tex]e^0 = \mbox{d}t \quad \quad e^i = f(t)\hat{e}^i[/tex]
where [itex]\hat{e}^i[/itex] is a [itex]\hat{g}[/itex]-orthonormal frame. And note that [itex]X_i = \frac{1}{f}\hat{X}_i[/itex]. Phew! Hope that's not too hard to comprehend.
But I don't know what to put in for d in the index of e. I am aware that you have to sum over d but I am not sure what to sum over. 0,1,2,3? EDIT: Yes, I sum over everything.
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