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Pair symmetry from the normal-coordinate curvature formula (Rij,kl​=Rkl,ij​)

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With convention R(X,Y)=∇[X,Y]​−[∇X​,∇Y​], and Rij,kl​=g(R(∂i​,∂j​)∂k​,∂l​), normal coordinates give
Rij,kl​=21​(gjk,il​+gil,jk​−gjl,ik​−gik,jl​)
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at their center. Symmetry of the metric and commutation of second derivatives prove pair exchange. The opposite curvature convention changes the formula's overall sign but preserves all these algebraic symmetries.

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