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Tensor[TorsionTensor] - calculate the torsion tensor for a linear connection on the tangent bundle
Calling Sequences
TorsionTensor(C)
Parameters
C - a connection on the tangent bundle to a manifold
Description
Let M be a manifold and let nabla be a linear connection on the tangent bundle of M. The torsion tensor S of nabla is the rank 3 tensor (contravariant rank 1, covariant rank 2) defined by S(X, Y) = nabla_X(Y) - nabla_Y(X) - [X, Y]. Here X, Y are vector fields on M.
The connection nabla is said to be symmetric if its torsion tensor S vanishes.
This command is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor package, and so can be used in the form TorsionTensor(...) only after executing the command with(DifferentialGeometry) and with(Tensor) in that order. It can always be used in the long form DifferentialGeometry:-Tensor:-TorsionTensor.
Examples
Example 1.
First create a 2 dimensional manifold M and define a connection on the tangent space of M.
Example 2.
Define a frame on M and use this frame to specify a connection C2 on the tangent space of M. While the connection C2 is "symmetric" in its covariant indices, it is not a symmetric connection.
See Also
DifferentialGeometry, Tensor, Christoffel, Physics[Christoffel], Connection, CovariantDerivative, Physics[D_], DirectionalCovariantDerivative
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