A Weyl-covariant tensor calculus
Nicolas Boulanger1
Académie Wallonie-Bruxelles, Université de Mons-Hainaut
Mécanique et Gravitation
arXiv:hep-th/0412314v2 14 Jan 2005
6, Avenue du Champ de Mars, 7000 Mons (Belgium)
Nicolas.Boulanger@umh.ac.be
Abstract
On a (pseudo-) Riemannian manifold of dimension n > 3, the space of tensors which
transform covariantly under Weyl rescalings of the metric is built. This construction is
related to a Weyl-covariant operator D whose commutator [D, D] gives the conformally
invariant Weyl tensor plus the Cotton tensor. So-called generalized connections and
their transformation laws under diffeomorphisms and Weyl rescalings are also derived.
These results are obtained by application of BRST techniques.
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Introduction
Recently [1], a purely algebraic method was used to solve the problem of constructing and
classifying all the local scalar invariants of a conformal structure on a (pseudo-) Riemannian
manifold of dimension n = 8 . The approach, however, is not confined to n = 8 , and one
of the purposes of this paper is to explain the derivation of the so-called Weyl-covariant
tensors, the building blocks of the local conformal invariants in arbitrary dimension n > 3.
In the context of local gauge field theory, the determination of quantities which are
invariant under a given set of gauge transformations can be rephrased in terms of local
BRST cohomology. Within the BRST framework, the gauge symmetry and its algebra are
encoded in a single differential s [2]. Powerful techniques for the computation of BRST
cohomologies are proposed in [3] (see also [4]), that apply to a large class of gauge theories
and relate the BRST cohomology to an underlying gauge covariant algebra. At the core of
this analysis is a definition of tensor fields and connections on which an underlying gauge
covariant algebra is realized. Such a characterization of tensor fields, connections and the
corresponding transformation laws has the advantage that it is purely algebraic and does
not invoke any concept in addition to the BRST cohomology itself.
In the present paper we consider theories where the only classical field is the metric
gµν and the gauge symmetries are diffeomorphisms plus Weyl rescalings. Explicitly, the
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infinitesimal gauge transformations are
δgµν = Lζ gµν + δφW gµν = ζ ρ∂ρ gµν + ∂µ ζ ρgρν + ∂ν ζ ρgµρ + 2φgµν .
(1.1)
Along the lines of [3], we construct the space W of tensors and generalized connections that
transform covariantly with respect to diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations. The latter
property means that, under Weyl rescalings, the tensors belonging to W make appear at
most the first derivative ∂µ φ of the Weyl parameter φ, and no derivative ∂µ1 . . . ∂µk φ with
k > 2.
Knowing the space W , we are able to define an operator D acting in W and such that
[D, D] ∼ C + C̃, where C and C̃ respectively denote the conformally invariant Weyl tensor
and the Cotton tensor. The Weyl-covariant derivative D generates the whole space of tensor
fields belonging to W by successive applications on C (and C̃ in n = 3). The rule for the
commutator [D, D] is at the basis of the Weyl-covariant tensor calculus utilized in [1]. Other
useful relations are obtained which are nothing but the Jacobi identities for the underlying
gauge covariant algebra alluded to before.
The generalized connections play no rôle in the construction of local Weyl invariants,
but are of prime importance in many other issues, like for example in the determination of
the counterterms, the consistent interactions and the conservation laws that a gauge theory
admits. They are also relevant for the classification of the Weyl anomalies, the solutions of the
Wess-Zumino consistency condition for a theory describing conformal massless matter fields
in an external gravitational background. The latter problem amounts to the computation of
a BRST cohomology group and will be analyzed elsewhere.
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BRST formulation
2.1
Some definitions
As mentioned above, the derivation of the space W of Weyl-covariant tensors and generalized
connections is purely algebraic and requires no dynamical information.2 As a consequence,
all what we need is contained in equation (1.1) and the BRST differential s reduces to γ , the
differential along the gauge orbits. We refer to [6, 7] for more details on the BRST formalism
as used throughout the present work.
A Z -grading called ghost number is associated to the differential γ . The latter raises the
ghost number by one unit and is decomposed according to the degree in the Weyl ghost (the
fermionic field associated to the Weyl parameter): γ = γ0 +γ1 . The first part γ0 contains the
2
For a BRST-cohomological derivation of Weyl gravity in the Batalin-Vilkovisky antifield formalism, see
[5].
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information about the diffeomorphisms. The second part, γ1 , corresponds to Weyl rescalings
of the metric and increases the number of (possibly differentiated) Weyl ghosts by 1.
The action of γ on the fields ΦA (including the ghosts) is given as follows
γ0 gµν = ξ ρ ∂ρ gµν + ∂µ ξ ρ gρν + ∂ν ξ ρ gµρ ,
γ0 ξ µ = ξ ρ ∂ρ ξ µ ,
γ0 ω = ξ ρ ∂ρ ω ,
γ1 gµν = 2ωgµν ,
γ1 ξ µ = 0 ,
γ1 ω = 0 .
(2.2)
(2.3)
The field ω is the Weyl ghost, the anticommuting field associated to the Weyl parameter
φ, while ξ µ is the anticommuting diffeomorphisms ghost associated to the vector field ζ µ of
equation (1.1). By definition, the Grassmann-odd fields ω and ξ µ have ghost number +1 .
The last equality of (2.3) reflects the abelian nature of the algebra of Weyl transformations.
From the above equations and by using the fact that γ is an odd derivation, it is easy to
check that γ is indeed a differential.
One unites the BRST differential γ and the total exterior derivative d into a single
differential γ̃ = γ + d . Then, the Wess-Zumino consistency condition and its descent are
encapsulated in
γ̃ã = 0 ,
ã 6= γ̃ b̃ + constant
(2.4)
for the local total forms ã and b̃ of total degrees G = n+1 and G = n [3]. Total local forms are
by definition formal sums of local forms with different form degrees and ghost numbers: ã =
Pn
G−p
, where subscripts (resp. superscripts) denote the form degree (resp. the ghost
p=0 ap
number). A local p-form ωp depends on the fields ΦA and their derivatives up to some finite
(but otherwise unspecified) order, which is denoted by ωp = p!1 dxµ1 . . . dxµp ωµ1 ...µp (x, [ΦA ]) .
The equations (2.4) imply that ã is a non-trivial element of the cohomology group H(γ̃)
in the algebra of total local forms. As shown in [3], the cohomology of γ in the space of
local functionals (integrals of local n-forms) is indeed locally isomorphic to the cohomology
of γ̃ in the space of local total forms. In other words, the solutions agn of the Wess-Zumino
consistency condition
γagn + dag+1
n−1 = 0 ,
agn 6= γbg−1
+ dbgn−1
n
(2.5)
correspond one-to-one (modulo trivial solutions) to the solutions ã of (2.4) at total degree
G = g + n , totdeg(ã) = g + n .
The solutions of (2.4) or (2.5) determine the general structure of the counterterms that
an action admits, the possible gauge anomalies, the conserved currents, the consistent interactions, etc. [7]. In the next sections and in the appendix, we determine the restricted space
W of the space of total local forms in which these solutions naturally appear, for a theory
invariant under the transformations (1.1).
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We close this section with some definitions and conventions.
The conformally invariant Weyl tensor C βγδε and the tensor Kαβ are given by
C αβγδ := Rαβγδ − 2 δ α[γ Kδ]β − gβ[γ Kδ] α ,
1
1
Kαβ :=
Rαβ −
gαβ R .
n−2
2(n − 1)
(2.6)
(2.7)
The Ricci tensor is Rβδ = Rαβαδ , where Rαβγδ = (∂γ Γβδ α + Γγλ α Γβδ λ ) − (γ ↔ δ) is the
Riemann tensor. The Christoffel symbols are given by Γαβγ = 12 g γλ (∂α gβλ + ∂β gαλ − ∂λ gαβ ).
Curved brackets denote strength-one complete symmetrization, whereas square brackets denote strength-one complete antisymmetrization. We have ∇µ gαβ = 0 , where the symbol ∇
denotes the usual torsion-free covariant derivative associated to Γαβγ . Finally, the derivative
∂α ω of the Weyl ghost will sometimes be noted ωα ≡ ∂α ω .
2.2
Contracting homotopy
A well-known technique in the study of cohomologies is the use of contracting homotopies.
The idea is to construct contracting homotopy operators which allow to eliminate certain
local jet coordinates, called trivial pairs, from the cohomological analysis. This reduces the
cohomological problem to an analogous one involving only the remaining jet coordinates.
For that purpose one needs to construct suitable sets of jets coordinates replacing the fields,
the ghosts and all their derivatives and satisfying appropriate requirements.
The lemma at the basis of the contracting homotopy techniques is, in the notations of
[3] to which we refer for more details,
Lemma 1. Suppose there is a set of local jet coordinates
B = {U ℓ , V ℓ , W Λ }
such that the change of coordinates from J = {[ΦA ], xµ , dxµ } to B is local and locally invertible and
γ̃U ℓ = V ℓ
∀ℓ ,
γ̃W Λ = RΛ (W)
∀Λ.
Then, locally the U’s and V’s can be eliminated from the γ̃-cohomology, i.e. the latter reduces
locally to the γ̃-cohomology on total local forms depending only on the W’s.
Thus, in order to compute and classify the local Weyl-invariant scalar densities [1] or for
the solutions of the Wess-Zumino consistency conditions (2.5), it is sufficient to work in the
space W . In the context of Weyl gravity theories, we have the following
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Proposition 1. Let J be the jet space J = {[gµν ], [ω], [ξ µ], xµ , dxµ } and γ̃ = γ0 + γ1 + d the
differential acting on J according to
γ0 gµν = ξ ρ ∂ρ gµν + ∂µ ξ ρ gρν + ∂ν ξ ρ gµρ ,
γ0 ξ µ = ξ ρ ∂ρ ξ µ ,
γ0 ω = ξ ρ ∂ρ ω ,
γ1 gµν = 2ωgµν ,
γ1 ξ µ = 0 ,
(2.8)
γ1 ω = 0 .
(2.9)
Then, the {U , V , W}-decomposition of J corresponding to γ̃ is
{U ℓ } = {xµ , ∂(µ1 ...µk Γµk+1 µk+2 )ν , ∇(µ1 ...µk Kµk+1 µk+2 ) , k ∈ N} ,
{V ℓ } = {γ̃U ℓ } ,
{W Λ } = {T i , C̃ N } ,
{T i } = {gµν , D(µ1 . . . Dµk C β γδ)ε , k ∈ N} ,
{C̃ N } = {2ω , ξ˜ν , C̃ ρ , ω̃α } ,
(2.10)
(2.11)
ν
˜ν
ν
ν
ρ
ρ
˜α
ρ
˜β
ξ := ξ + dx , C̃ν := ∂ν ξ + ξ Γαν , ω̃α := ωα − ξ Kαβ .
The rest of the paper contains the definition of the operator D together with the γ̃transformation rules for the elements of W . A remark will also be made for the case n = 3 .
The proposition follows then by the fact that every function of the Riemann tensor and
its covariant derivatives can be written as a function of the Weyl tensor and its covariant
derivatives plus the completely symmetric tensors ∇(λ1 λ2 ...λk Kαβ) . A proof of the latter
statement can be found in the Appendix A of [1].
It is understood that only the algebraically independent components of gµν and C β γδε
enter into (2.10). [Together with the symmetrization of the indices in (2.10), this guarantees
the absence of algebraic identities between the generators T i , taking into account the second
equation of (2.20) and the Bianchi identity (2.22).]
The tensor fields {T i } have total degree zero whereas the generalized connections {C̃ N }
have total degree 1. They decompose into two parts, the first of ghost number 1 and form
degree zero, the second of ghost number zero and form degree 1:
totdeg(T i ) = 0 ,
totdeg(C̃ N ) = 1 ,
gh(Ĉ N ) = 1 = f ormdeg(AN ) ,
C̃ N = Ĉ N + AN ,
gh(AN ) = 0 = f ormdeg(Ĉ N ) ,
where, from (2.11),
{Ĉ N } = {2ω, ξ ν , Ĉν ρ := ∂ν ξ ρ + ξ α Γαν ρ , ω̂α := ωα − ξ µ Kµα } ,
(2.12)
{AN } = {0 , dxµ δµν , dxµ Γµν ρ , −dxµ Kµα } .
(2.13)
The AN ’s and Ĉ N ’s are called respectively connection 1-forms and covariant ghosts [3].
Since γ̃ raises the total degree by one unit, we have
(
γT i = Ĉ N ∆N T i
i
N
i
,
(2.14)
γ̃T = C̃ ∆N T
⇔
dT i = AN ∆N T i
{∆N } = {∆ , Dν , ∆ρν , Γα } .
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(2.15)
2.3
BRST covariant algebra for Weyl-gravity
The Weyl-covariant derivative D is given by
Dµ := ∂µ − Γµν ρ ∆ρ ν + Kµα Γα .
(2.16)
The aim of this section is to make precise the above definition by explicitly defining the three
operators {∆ , ∆ρν , Γα } introduced in (2.14) and (2.15). An underlying gauge covariant
algebra will be exhibited, which provides a compact formulation of the BRST algebra on
tensor fields and generalized connections.
1. The operator ∆ corresponds to the dimension operator. It counts the number of metrics
that explicitly appear in a given expression,
∆ := gµν
∂ expl
.
∂gµν
For example, ∆(g γµ2 g λµ1 Dµ1 C β γδε ) = −2(g γµ2 g λµ1 Dµ1 C β γδε ) and ∆(gαβ g γδ ) = 0 . As
p
p
a consequence of (2.14), (2.15) and (2.12), we can write γ1 |g| = 2ω∆ |g| =
p
p
2ω( n2 |g|) = nω |g| , where |g| denotes the absolute value of the determinant of
gµν (supposed invertible).
2. The operator ∆µρ generates GL(n)-transformations of world indices according to
∆µν Tαβ = δαν Tµβ − δµβ Tαν ,
where Tαβ is a (1,1)-type tensor under GL(n) transformations. The usual torsion-free
covariant derivative can thus be written ∇µ = ∂µ −Γµν ρ ∆ρ ν . Note that this expression
must be completed by p Γµα α if one takes the covariant derivative ∇µ of a weight-p
tensor density, so ∇ = dxµ ∇µ = dxµ ∂µ − C̃ν ρ ∆ρ ν + p C̃µµ .
3. In order to conveniently define the action of the generator Γα , we first define the
so-called W -tensors carrying super-indices Ωk :
WΩ0 := C β γδε , WΩ1 := Dα1 C β γδε ,
...
,
WΩk := Dαk Dαk−1 . . . Dα2 Dα1 C β γδε .
n
o
Then, we can write {T i } ⊂ gµν , {WΩk } : k = 0, 1 . . .
and the operator Γα acts on
space of the W -tensors according to
Ω
Γα WΩj = [T α ]Ωj j−1 WΩj−1 ,
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Ω
Ωi
Γα := [T α ]Ωi i−1 ∆Ωi−1
,
(2.17)
where ∆ΩjΩk WΩi = δΩΩik WΩj and where the symbol δΩΩik is such that δΩΩik WΩk = WΩi . We
use Einstein’s summation conventions for the W -tensor super-indices Ωi . The matrices
Ω
Ω
[T α ]Ωj j−1 are obtained by recursion in the appendix, with [T α ]Ωj j−1 = 0 ∀ j 6 0 . The
action of Γα gives zero on everything but the W -tensors. In particular, Γα gµν = 0 .
The W -tensors transform under γ̃ according to (2.14), (2.15), (2.12) and (2.13). They are
the building blocks for the construction of Weyl invariants [1]. Note that the Bach tensor is
nothing but the following double trace of WΩ2 :
Bµν ≡ ∇α C̃µνα − K λρ Cλµν =
1
g αρ Dα Dβ C βµνρ .
(3 − n)
The action of γ̃ on the generalized connections is
γ̃ω = ξ˜µ ω̃µ ,
γ̃ ξ˜µ = ξ˜ρ C̃
µ
ρ
,
1
αν
γ̃ C̃µν = C̃µα C̃αν + ξ˜ρξ˜σ C νµρσ + Pµβ
ω̃α ξ˜β ,
2
1 ˜ρ ˜σ
γ̃ ω̃α = ξ ξ C̃αρσ + C̃αβ ω̃β ,
2
αν
where Pµβ
:= (−g αν gµβ + δµα δβν + δβα δµν ) and the tensor C̃αρσ ≡ 21 ∇[σ Kρ]α is the Cotton tensor.
µρ
αν
Note that C µναβ = Rµ ναβ − 2Pν[α
Kβ]ρ and γ1 Γµβν = Pµβ
ωα .
2 i
From γ̃ T = 0 , we derive the gauge covariant algebra generated by {∆ , Dν , ∆ρν , Γα } :
[∆νρ , Γα ] = −δνα Γρ ,
[Γα , Γβ ] = 0 ,
(2.18)
[∆νρ , Dµ ] = δµρ Dν ,
[∆µρ , ∆νσ ] = δνρ ∆µσ − δνρ ∆µσ ,
(2.19)
αν
[Γα , Dβ ] = −Pµβ
∆νµ ,
[Dµ , Dν ] = Cµνρ σ ∆σρ − C̃αµν Γα ,
(2.20)
where the operator ∆ commutes with everything. The second equality of (2.18) reflects the
abelian nature of the Weyl transformations, while the second equality of (2.20) displays the
commutator of two Weyl-covariant derivatives in terms of the Weyl tensor and the Cotton
tensor. Note that the commutator of two covariant derivatives reads [∇µ , ∇ν ] = Rµνρ σ ∆σρ .
From γ̃ 2 C̃ N = 0 , we find the following set of Bianchi identities
γ̃ 2 ω = 0 ⇒ C̃[µρσ] = 0
(2.21)
γ̃ 2 C̃µ ν = 0 ⇒ ∇[γ Cδε]αβ − C̃α[γδ gε]β + C̃β[γδ gε]α = 0
(
αµ
P[ρν]
=0
γ̃ 2 ξ˜µ = 0 ⇒
µ
C [νρσ] = 0
(
Γα C̃βρσ + C αβρσ = 0
γ̃ 2 ω̃α = 0 ⇒
D[β C̃ρσ]α = 0
(2.22)
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(2.23)
(2.24)
which are nothing but the Jacobi identities for the algebra (2.18)–(2.20).
Note that the case n = 3 proceeds in exactly the same way, provided one sets C µνρσ to
(3)
zero and one defines WΩ0 := C̃αρσ . In other words, the relations (2.18)–(2.20) and (2.21)–
(2.24) still hold, setting C µνρσ = 0 . The representation matrices Γα and the Weyl-covariant
derivative (2.16) are unchanged as well. More explicitly, we have
αν
n > 4 : γ1 Dα1 C βγδε = ωα (−Pµα
∆νµ )C βγδε ❀ γ1 WΩ1 = ωα Γα WΩ1
1
(3)
(3)
αν
n = 3 : γ1 Dα1 C̃γδε = ωα (−Pµα
∆νµ )C̃γδε ❀ γ1 WΩ1 = ωα Γα(3) WΩ1 ,
1
which shows that the representation matrices Γα and Γα(3) are essentially the same. Indeed,
the iterative procedure given in the appendix reproduces itself in exactly the same way when
(3)
n = 3, with the convention that WΩ0 ≡ C̃αρσ .
Acknowledgements
The author is grateful to G. Barnich, H. Baum, X. Bekaert, J. Erdmenger, M. Henneaux and
Ch. Schomblond for stimulating remarks and encouragements. F. Brandt is acknowledged
for his comments. This work was partly done at the DAMTP (Cambridge, U.K.), where the
author was Wiener-Anspach postdoctoral fellow (Belgium).
A
W -tensors and their transformations
The W -tensors are computed iteratively, together with their transformation laws under Weyl
rescalings of the metric.
(A) First, we have γ1 WΩ0 = ωα Γα WΩ0 = 0 . Then, we form WΩ1 = ∇α1 WΩ0 . Taking the
Weyl variation gives
λν
γ1 WΩ1 = γ1 [(∂α1 − Γα1 µ ν ∆νµ )WΩ0 ] = −ωλ Pµα
∆νµ WΩ0
1
Ω0
= ωλ [T λ ]Ω1 WΩ0 ,
Ω
Ω
where the last equality serves as a definition for the tensor [T λ ]Ω10 , which satisfies γ1 [T λ ]Ω10 =
Ω
0 = ∇µ [T λ ]Ω10 . We also use the notation γ1 WΩ1 = ωα Γα WΩ0 , cf. equation (2.17).
Continuing, we compute the Weyl variation of ∇α2 WΩ1 :
Ω0
λν
γ1 ∇α2 WΩ1 = ∇α2 (ωλ [T λ ]Ω1 WΩ0 ) − ωλ Pµα
∆νµ WΩ1
2
Ω0
Ω0
= (−γ1 Kλα2 )[T λ ]Ω1 WΩ0 + ωλ [T λ ]Ω1 ∇α2 WΩ0
λν
− ωλ Pµα
∆νµ WΩ1 .
2
8
Ω
Using γ1 ([T λ ]Ω10 WΩ0 ) = 0 , we obtain
Ω0
γ1 ∇α2 WΩ1 + Kλα2 [T λ ]Ω1 WΩ0 =
′
Ω1
Ω′1 λν
λ Ω0
µ
= ωλ δα2 Ω0 [T ]Ω1 − δΩ1 Pµα2 ∆ν WΩ′1
which we rewrite
Ω1
γ1 WΩ2 = ωλ [T λ ]Ω2 WΩ1 = ωα Γα WΩ2 ,
Ω
where WΩ2 ≡ Dα2 WΩ1 = ∇α2 WΩ1 + Kλα2 [T λ ]Ω10 WΩ0 .
Calculating γ1 γ1 WΩ2 , we find 0 = ωα ωβ Γα Γβ WΩ2 , or [Γα , Γβ ] = 0 , cf. second equation
of (2.18). Also, since
Ω0
WΩ2 ≡ Dα2 WΩ1 ≡ Dα2 Dα1 WΩ0 = (∇α2 ∇α1 + Kλα2 [T λ ]Ω1 )WΩ0 ,
we find that
[Dα2 , Dα1 ]WΩ0 = Cα2 α1 µν ∆νµ WΩ0 ,
(A.25)
in agreement with the second equation of (2.20) and Γα WΩ0 = 0 (equivalent to γ1 WΩ0 = 0).
(B) Suppose that we have WΩk ≡ Dαk . . . Dα2 Dα1 WΩ0 , k > 2 . In other words, we know
that
WΩk = (∇αk + Kλαk Γλ )WΩk−1 ,
γ1 WΩk = ωα Γα WΩk
Ω
= ωα [T α ]Ωkk−1 WΩk−1 ,
and
Γ[α Γβ] WΩk = 0 .
We want to obtain the next tensor, WΩk+1 ≡ Dαk+1 WΩk , and its transformation rule.
As before, we first compute the Weyl transformation of ∇αk+1 WΩk :
αµ
γ1 ∇αk+1 WΩk = ∇αk+1 ωα Γα WΩk − ωα Pνα
∆µν WΩk
k+1
Ω
= (−γ1 Kααk+1 )Γα WΩk + ωα [T α ]Ωkk−1 ∇αk+1 WΩk−1
αµ
− ωα Pνα
∆µν WΩk .
k+1
Hence, we get
α
γ1 ∇αk+1 WΩk + Kααk+1 Γ WΩk = Kααk+1 ωβ Γα Γβ WΩk
Ω
αµ
− ωα Pνα
∆µν WΩk + ωα [T α ]Ωkk−1 ∇αk+1 WΩk−1 .
k+1
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Using
∇αk+1 WΩk−1 = Dαk+1 WΩk−1 − Kβαk+1 Γβ WΩk−1
and posing
Dαk+1 WΩk = ∇αk+1 WΩk + Kαk+1 λ Γλ WΩk ,
we find
γ1 Dαk+1 WΩk = Kααk+1 ωβ Γα Γβ WΩk − Kβαk+1 ωα Γα Γβ WΩk
Ω′
Ω
k−1
α
αµ
k
WΩ′k
− ωα Pνα
∆µν WΩk + ωα δαk+1
Ωk−1 [T ]Ωk
k+1
′
Ωk
Ω′
α Ωk−1
λµ
∆µν WΩ′k
= ωλ δαk+1
− δΩkk Pνα
Ωk−1 [T ]Ωk
k+1
Ω′
k
= ωλ [T α ]αk+1
Ωk WΩ′k ,
where we used Γ[α Γβ] WΩk = 0 . ✷
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