Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 iii Paper 49 1 d Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
Write the covector field as . From the contraction and product rule properties,Take . The Lie bracket of vector fields is , soEquivalently, the covariant-factor contribution comes from . The formula holds in any coordinate basis and is the one-form case of the coordinate tensor Lie derivative.