Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2013/iii/paper-49/1/d/solution

Write the covector field as . From the contraction and product rule properties,
Take . The Lie bracket of vector fields is , so
Equivalently, the covariant-factor contribution comes from . The formula holds in any coordinate basis and is the one-form case of the coordinate tensor Lie derivative.

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