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Christoffel symbol transformation law
Statement
For coordinates and , the symbols transform by Repeated indices are summed. The second-derivative term is inhomogeneous.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: An affine connection and two overlapping smooth coordinate charts.
The symbols are the coefficients of coordinate-frame derivatives (Christoffel symbols of an affine connection).
The connection is function-linear in the direction and has the section Leibniz rule (Connection laws in directional form).
Proof
Put , so . Applying both connection rules gives . The first coefficient is by the chain rule.
Express and compare coefficients to obtain the displayed transformation. Identity changes recover the original symbols, affine coordinate changes have no second-derivative term, and dimension one has the corresponding scalar second derivative. Dimension zero has no indices. Coordinate changes have invertible Jacobians; no singular coordinate substitution is admitted.
Depends on
Used by
- Christoffel symbols are components of a tensor False statement
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Sources
- Ved Datar, Lectures on Riemannian Geometry (standard reference, not scraped)