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Possible to work with Riemann Normal Coo...

PhysicsTom 5 Maple 2015
coordinates differential-geometry
August 20 2016
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I would like work in Riemann Normal Coordinates, and derive expansion in number of derivatives of the metric.

For example, starting with the expansion of the metric in Riemann Normal Coordinates (assuming this needs not be derived)

\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} g_{ij}(x)&=& \delta_{ij} -\frac 1 3 R_{iklj}x^kx^l -\frac 1 6 R_{iklj;m} x^kx^lx^m\\ &&+ (\frac2{45} R_{ilmk}R_{jpqk}- \frac 1 {20} R_{ilmj;pq})x^lx^m x^p x^q\\ &&+(-\frac 1{90} R_{iklj;mpq}+\frac 2{45} R_{iklr;m}R_{jpqr})x^kx^lx^mx^px^q\\ && +(-\frac 1 {504}R_{iklj;mpqr}+ \frac{17}{1260}R_{ikls;pq}R_{jmps}+ \frac{11}{1008}R_{ikls;q}R_{jmps;r}\\ && +\frac 1{315}R_{ilms}R_{jqrt}R_{kspt})x^kx^lx^mx^px^qx^r +O(|x|^7). \end{array}

I would like to express the lapliacian, or square-root of the determinant ... etc., in terms of this metric and derive an expansion for them.

However, I cannot even define the metric as such in Maple-Physics, because the coefficients of xk depend themselfs upon the metric to be defined.

Is there a way to do such calculations in Maple ?

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