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Halaaku
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I have been reading an introductory book to General Relativity by H Hobson. I have been following it step by step and now I am stuck. It is stated in the book that:
"It is straightforward to show that the coordinate and dual basis vectors
themselves are related...
"ea = gabeb ..."
I have been trying to prove it as follows:
ea.eb=gab=gaf[itex]\delta[/itex]fb
=gaf(ef.eb)
(ea-gafef).eb=0
Because eb≠0, the other side is and hence proved the given statement.
My question: is it a correct approach?
"It is straightforward to show that the coordinate and dual basis vectors
themselves are related...
"ea = gabeb ..."
I have been trying to prove it as follows:
ea.eb=gab=gaf[itex]\delta[/itex]fb
=gaf(ef.eb)
(ea-gafef).eb=0
Because eb≠0, the other side is and hence proved the given statement.
My question: is it a correct approach?