 Torsion-free connection (source code)

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= Torsion-free connection

= Torsion-free
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A connection on the tangent bundle is torsion-free when $\nabla_XY-\nabla_YX=[X,Y]$. Its Christoffel symbols are symmetric in their two lower indices.

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