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Second covariant derivative : ウィキペディア英語版
Second covariant derivative

In the math branches of differential geometry and vector calculus, the second covariant derivative, or the second order covariant derivative, of a vector field is the derivative of its derivative with respect to another two tangent vector fields. Formally, given a (pseudo)-Riemannian manifold (''M'', ''g'') associated with a vector bundle ''E'' → ''M'', let ∇ denote the Levi-Civita connection given by the metric ''g'', and denote by Γ(''E'') the space of the smooth sections of the total space ''E''. Denote by ''T
*
M'' the cotangent bundle of ''M''. Then the second covariant derivative can be defined as the composition of the two ∇s as follows: 〔, pp. 7〕
:\Gamma(E) \stackrel \Gamma(T^
*M \otimes E) \stackrel \Gamma(T^
*M \otimes T^
*M \otimes E).
For example, given vector fields ''u'', ''v'', ''w'', a second covariant derivative can be written as
:(\nabla^2_ w)^a = u^c v^b \nabla_c \nabla_b w^a
by using abstract index notation. It is also straightforward to verify that
:(\nabla_u \nabla_v w)^a = u^c \nabla_c v^b \nabla_b w^a = u^c v^b \nabla_c \nabla_b w^a + (u^c \nabla_c v^b) \nabla_b w^a = (\nabla^2_ w)^a + (\nabla_ w)^a.
Thus
:\nabla^2_ w = \nabla_u \nabla_v w - \nabla_ w.
One may use this fact to write Riemann curvature tensor as follows: 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chapter 13: Curvature in Riemannian Manifolds )
:R(u,v) w=\nabla^2_ w - \nabla^2_ w.
Similarly, one may also obtain the second covariant derivative of a function ''f'' as
:\nabla^2_ f = u^c v^b \nabla_c \nabla_b f = \nabla_u \nabla_v f - \nabla_ f.
Since Levi-Civita connection is torsion-free, for any vector fields ''u'' and ''v'', we have
:\nabla_u v - \nabla_v u = (v ).
By feeding the function ''f'' on both sides of the above equation, we have
:(\nabla_u v - \nabla_v u)(f) = (v )(f) = u(v(f)) - v(u(f)).
:\nabla_ f - \nabla_ f = \nabla_u \nabla_v f - \nabla_v \nabla_u f.
Thus
:\nabla^2_ f = \nabla^2_ f.
That is, the value of the second covariant derivative of a function is independent on the order of taking derivatives.
==Notes==


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