Spinor curvature identity

ID: spinor-curvature-identity

The spinor covariant derivative has curvature , since the spin representation preserves the Lorentz algebra bracket. In a coordinate basis with the torsion-free connection, antisymmetric second covariant derivatives therefore give the displayed commutator. With unit-weight antisymmetrization, . A noncoordinate frame requires its frame-commutator correction when using the operator commutator; the full second covariant derivative includes that correction automatically.

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