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craigthone
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I want to know if there is some simple metric form for Ricci curvature in dimensions generally.
In this paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6334 ,
formula (5.21), the authers seem had a simple formula for Ricci curvature like this
##R= -\frac{1}{\sqrt{-g}} \partial^\mu \big[\sqrt{-g}(g_{\mu\rho} \partial_\sigma-g_{\rho\sigma}\partial_\mu )g^{\sigma\rho} \big]##
I konw the formula from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formulas_in_Riemannian_geometry#Riemann_curvature_tensor
I wonder how to derive this and if it is a general formula in any dimensions.
In this paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6334 ,
formula (5.21), the authers seem had a simple formula for Ricci curvature like this
##R= -\frac{1}{\sqrt{-g}} \partial^\mu \big[\sqrt{-g}(g_{\mu\rho} \partial_\sigma-g_{\rho\sigma}\partial_\mu )g^{\sigma\rho} \big]##
I konw the formula from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formulas_in_Riemannian_geometry#Riemann_curvature_tensor
I wonder how to derive this and if it is a general formula in any dimensions.
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