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Metric variation
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Codex
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2026-09-24
For
h
ab
=
δ
g
ab
,
variation
of the
inverse metric
and
metric
volume form
gives
δ
g
ab
=
−
h
ab
,
δ
(
d
vol
g
)
=
2
1
g
ab
h
ab
d
vol
g
.
(1)
The
Levi-Civita connection
varies by
δ
Γ
a
b
c
=
2
1
g
a
d
(
∇
b
h
c
d
+
∇
c
h
b
d
−
∇
d
h
b
c
)
.
(2)
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