 Levi-Civita connection under conformal rescaling

For $\tilde{g}=e^{2\sigma }g$, the displayed correction is a symmetric tensor, so adding it to $\nabla$ gives a torsion-free connection. The two extra metric-compatibility pairings sum to $2d\sigma (X)g(Y,Z)$; this is exactly the derivative of the conformal factor. Uniqueness of the Levi-Civita connection proves the formula. It also yields the critical-point criterion for equal conformal connections.