 Trace-reversed metric perturbation

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Trace-reversed metric perturbation by

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24

In four dimensions, the trace-reversed perturbation is

\overset{ˉ}{h}_{μν} = h_{μν} - \frac{1}{2} η_{μν} h, h = η^{ρ σ} h_{ρ σ} .

Trace reversal simplifies the linearized Einstein equations.

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