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Homework Statement
Prove that the transformation law
[itex]\Gamma^{\sigma '}_{\lambda '\rho '}=\frac{\partial x^\nu}{\partial x^{\lambda '}}\frac{\partial x^\rho}{\partial x^{\rho '}}\frac{\partial x^{\sigma '}}{\partial x^{\mu}}\Gamma^{\mu}_{\nu\rho}+\frac{\partial x^{\sigma '}}{\partial x^{\mu}}\frac{\partial^2 x^\mu}{\partial x^{\lambda '}\partial x^{\rho '}}[/itex]
is equivalent to
[itex]\Gamma^{\sigma '}_{\lambda '\rho '}=\frac{\partial x^\lambda}{\partial x^{\lambda '}}\frac{\partial x^\rho}{\partial x^{\rho '}}\frac{\partial x^{\sigma '}}{\partial x^{\sigma}}\Gamma^{\sigma}_{\lambda\rho}-\frac{ \partial x^\mu}{\partial x^{\lambda '}}\frac{\partial x^{\lambda}}{\partial x^{\rho '}}\frac{\partial^2 x^{\sigma '}}{\partial x^{\mu}\partial x^{\lambda}}[/itex]
The Attempt at a Solution
The first term is easy, just relabel the dummy indices [itex] \nu \rightarrow \lambda [/itex] and [itex] \mu \rightarrow \sigma [/itex]. But for the rest of the problem, I have no clue what to do.
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