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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge

2023

Paper 312

The background spatial metric is $g_{ij}=a^2\delta_{ij}$. For the <large spatial diffeomorphism>
$$
\epsilon^0=0,
\qquad \epsilon^i=\omega^i{}_jx^j,
\qquad \omega_{ij}=\omega_{ji},
\qquad \omega_i{}^i=0,
$$
homogeneity and isotropy imply that the purely spatial background <Christoffel symbols> vanish. Hence
$$
\nabla_i\epsilon_j=a^2\omega_{ji},
\qquad
\boxed{\Delta\gamma_{ij}=-2\omega_{ij}}.
$$
The shift is constant, transverse and traceless, and is therefore the zero-momentum <adiabatic tensor mode>.

A scalar transforms by its <Lie derivative>:
$$
\Delta\varphi(\mathbf x)
=-\omega_{ij}x^j\partial_i\varphi(\mathbf x).
$$
Fourier transformation and <integration by parts> in momentum space give
$$
\boxed{\Delta\varphi(\mathbf k)
=\omega_{ij}k_i\frac{\partial}{\partial k_j}\varphi(\mathbf k)}.
$$
The term proportional to $\omega_i{}^i$ vanishes because the deformation is traceless.

Solution

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