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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〕 : For example, given vector fields ''u'', ''v'', ''w'', a second covariant derivative can be written as : by using abstract index notation. It is also straightforward to verify that : Thus : 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 )〕 : Similarly, one may also obtain the second covariant derivative of a function ''f'' as : Since Levi-Civita connection is torsion-free, for any vector fields ''u'' and ''v'', we have : By feeding the function ''f'' on both sides of the above equation, we have : : Thus : That is, the value of the second covariant derivative of a function is independent on the order of taking derivatives. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「second covariant derivative」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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