Christoffel Symbol
The Christoffel symbol of a quadratic differential form
is a symbol for the abbreviated representation of the expression
The symbol Γk, ij is called the Christoffel symbol of the first kind in contrast to the Christoffel symbol of the second kind
which is defined by the relation
where gkt is determined from the equalities
The symbols were introduced by E. Christofl’el in 1869.
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