Solution

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Expanding the two covariant derivatives of a vector, the second partial derivatives cancel in the commutator. The remaining derivatives and products of Christoffel symbols combine into the coordinate definition of the Riemann curvature tensor, giving the Ricci identity
For a type- tensor, the connection acts on both upper indices, so the curvature commutator on a contravariant tensor is

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