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Variation of inverse metric (δgab=−gacgbdδgcd​)

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Differentiating gacgcb​=δba​ and multiplying by the inverse gives the displayed variation. It is the matrix inverse derivative, expressed with the covariant and contravariant components of a metric tensor.

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