Projective covector from metric volume densities

ID: projective-covector-from-metric-volume-densities

For two projectively equivalent connections that are Levi-Civita connections, contraction of their difference gives . The Jacobi formula gives . Subtraction proves the displayed expression. The two determinant densities transform by the same coordinate Jacobian factor, so their ratio is a scalar and its derivative a covector. The formula is a necessary consequence of projective equivalence, not a test asserting that arbitrary metric tensors have identical geodesics.

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