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Contorsion tensor (C=∇metric−∇LC)

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For a metric-compatible affine connection, its difference from the Levi-Civita connection is the contorsion tensor. It is determined by the torsion tensor. In derivative-last notation let Tab​c=Γcab​−Γcba​, the negative of geometric torsion, and lower the last slot with the metric tensor. Then Cabc​=21​(Tabc​+Tbca​−Tcab​). This is the actual correction added to the Levi-Civita connection; a convention writing Γ=S−K has K=−C.

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