Solution

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In normal coordinates, each radial line is an affinely parametrized geodesic. Its coordinate geodesic equation gives . At this holds for every tangent vector . Since , polarization of this quadratic form gives every coefficient zero. Thus all Christoffel symbols vanish at the centre ; they need not vanish elsewhere.

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