The Mathematical Theory of RelativityEddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir
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The Mathematical Theory of Relativity
Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir
Relativity (Physics)
+ \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\mu\tau}}{\dd x_{\rho}\, \dd x_{\sigma}}
- \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\mu\sigma}}{\dd x_{\rho}\, \dd x_{\tau}}
- \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\rho\tau}}{\dd x_{\mu}\, \dd x_{\sigma}}\right).
\Tag{(52.4)}
\]
The rest of~$B_{\mu\tau\sigma\rho}$ is omitted because it consists of products of two vanishing
factors ($3$-index symbols), so that after differentiation by~$\dd x_{\nu}$ one vanishing
factor always remains.
By the double interchange $\sigma$ for~$\tau$, $\rho$~for $\nu$, two terms in~\Eq{(52.4)} cancel out,
leaving
\[
\frac{1}{\sqrt{-g}}\, \frac{\dd}{\dd x_{\nu}} (G_{\mu}^{\nu} \sqrt{-g})
= \tfrac{1}{2} g^{\nu\tau} g^{\sigma\rho}\, \frac{\dd}{\dd x_{\nu}} \left(
\frac{\dd^{2} g_{\rho\sigma}}{\dd x_{\mu}\, \dd x_{\tau}}
- \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\rho\tau}}{\dd x_{\mu}\, \dd x_{\sigma}}\right).
\Tag{(52.51)}
\]
Similarly
\begin{align*}
\tfrac{1}{2} g^{\alpha\beta}\, \frac{\dd G_{\alpha\beta}}{\dd x_{\mu}}
&= \tfrac{1}{2} g^{\nu\tau}\, \frac{\dd G_{\nu\tau}}{\dd x_{\mu}}
= \tfrac{1}{2} g^{\nu\tau}\, \frac{\dd}{\dd x_{\mu}} (g^{\sigma\rho} B_{\nu\tau\sigma\rho}) \\
&= \tfrac{1}{4} g^{\nu\tau} g^{\sigma\rho}\, \frac{\dd}{\dd x_{\mu}}
\left(\frac{\dd^{2} g_{\rho\sigma}}{\dd x_{\nu}\, \dd x_{\tau}}
+ \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\nu\tau}}{\dd x_{\rho}\, \dd x_{\sigma}}
- \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\nu\sigma}}{\dd x_{\rho}\, \dd x_{\tau}}
- \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\rho\tau}}{\dd x_{\nu}\, \dd x_{\sigma}}\right) \\
&= \tfrac{1}{2} g^{\nu\tau} g^{\sigma\rho}\, \frac{\dd}{\dd x_{\mu}} \left(
\frac{\dd^{2} g_{\rho\sigma}}{\dd x_{\nu}\, \dd x_{\tau}}
- \frac{\dd^{2} g_{\rho\tau}}{\dd x_{\nu}\, \dd x_{\sigma}}\right),
\Tag{(52.52)}
\end{align*}
since the double interchange $\sigma$ for~$\tau$, $\rho$~for $\nu$, causes two terms to become
equal to the other two.
Comparing \Eq{(52.51)} and \Eq{(52.52)} we see that the required result is established
for coordinates chosen so as to have the property~\Eq{(52.3)} at the point
considered; and since it is a tensor equation it must hold true for all systems
of coordinates.
\Section{53.}{The material energy-tensor}
\index{Energy-tensor of matter}%
\index{T@$T_{\mu\nu}$ (energy-tensor)}%
Let $\rho_{0}$~be the proper-density of matter, and let $dx_{\mu}/ds$ refer to the motion
of the matter; we write, as in~\Eq{(46.8)},
\[
T^{\mu\nu} = \rho_{0}\, \frac{dx_{\mu}}{ds}\, \frac{dx_{\nu}}{ds}.
\Tag{(53.1)}
\]
Then $T^{\mu\nu}$ (with the associated mixed and covariant tensors) is called the
\emph{energy-tensor} of the matter.
\PageSep{117}
For matter moving with any velocity relative to Galilean coordinates, the
coordinate-density~$\rho$ is given by
\[
\rho = \rho_{0} \left(\frac{dt}{ds}\right)^{2},
\Tag{(53.2)}
\]
for, as explained in~\Eq{(14.2)}, the FitzGerald factor $\beta = dt/ds$ appears twice, once
for the increase of mass with velocity and once for the contraction of volume.
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