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Example 1.
First create a vector bundle with base coordinates and fiber coordinates .
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Define a spacetime metric on .
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Define an orthonormal frame on with respect to the metric .
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Calculate the solder form from the frame F.
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Calculate the spin-connection for the solder form .
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Example 2.
Define a rank 1 spinor . Calculate the covariant derivative of . Calculate the directional derivatives of .
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Example 3.
Check that the covariant derivative of vanishes. Because is a spin-tensor, two connections are required. Calculate the Christoffel connection for the metric .
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Define an epsilon spinor and check that its covariant derivative vanishes.
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Example 4.
Calculate the curvature spin-tensor for the spin-connection Gamma2.
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The curvature tensor for the Christoffel connection can be expressed in terms of the curvature spin-tensor and the bivector solder forms by the identity
Let's check this formula for the Christoffel connection Gamma1 and the spin-connection Gamma2. First calculate the curvature tensor for Gamma1.
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Calculate the complex conjugate of the spinor curvature F.
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Calculate the bivector soldering forms S and barS.
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The first term on the right-hand side of (*) is
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The second term on the right-hand side of (*) is
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