Solution

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The coordinate curves are assumed to be geodesics as geometric curves; use their arc-length parametrization in the geodesic equations. On , choose increasing arc length , so and . The transverse equation becomes
Thus . On , similarly , , and the transverse equation gives . Hence the geodesic coordinate grid identities are

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