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d'Alembert operator (□)

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The d'Alembert operator is the Lorentzian wave operator □=ημν∂μ​∂ν​ in flat spacetime, or □=∇μ∇μ​ on scalar fields in curved spacetime.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2025 / iii / Paper 309 / 2 / c / Solution

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d'Alembert operator by Ciro Santilli  40 Updated 2025-07-16
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The laplace operator for Minkowski space.
Can be nicely written with Einstein notation as shown at: Section "d'Alembert operator in Einstein notation".
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