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Hi, I have 2 little questions and hope to find some clarity here. It concerns some mathematics.
1) Is the variation of the metric again a tensor? I have the suspicion that it's not, because i would say that it doesn't transform like one. How can i get a sensible expression then for the covariant derivative of the variation of the metric? I need this to calculate the variation of the Riemanntensor, induced by a diffeomorphism multiplied by some test function.
2) I have the idea that I don't quite understand Stoke's theorem. Does it only apply for covariant divergences, or also for partial derivatives and/or exterior derivatives? I'm a little confused here :( I need this to rewrite the variation of an action.
Thanks in forward,
Haus.
1) Is the variation of the metric again a tensor? I have the suspicion that it's not, because i would say that it doesn't transform like one. How can i get a sensible expression then for the covariant derivative of the variation of the metric? I need this to calculate the variation of the Riemanntensor, induced by a diffeomorphism multiplied by some test function.
2) I have the idea that I don't quite understand Stoke's theorem. Does it only apply for covariant divergences, or also for partial derivatives and/or exterior derivatives? I'm a little confused here :( I need this to rewrite the variation of an action.
Thanks in forward,
Haus.