Nonmetricity tensor

In mathematics, the nonmetricity tensor in differential geometry is the covariant derivative of the metric tensor.^[1] It is therefore a tensor field of order three. It vanishes for the case of Riemannian geometry.

References

↑ Kopeikin, Sergei; Efroimsky, Michael; Kaplan, George (2011), Relativistic Celestial Mechanics of the Solar System, John Wiley & Sons, p. 242, ISBN 9783527408566 .

Glossary of tensor theory

Scope

Mathematics	coordinate system multilinear algebra Euclidean geometry tensor algebra differential geometry exterior calculus tensor calculus

Physics Engineering	continuum mechanics electromagnetism transport phenomena general relativity computer vision

Notation

Tensor definitions

Related abstractions

Notable tensors

Mathematics	Kronecker delta Levi-Civita symbol metric tensor nonmetricity tensor Christoffel symbols Ricci curvature Riemann curvature tensor Weyl tensor torsion tensor

Physics	moment of inertia angular momentum tensor spin tensor Cauchy stress tensor stress–energy tensor EM tensor gluon field strength tensor Einstein tensor metric tensor (GR)

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