KnowraChristoffel symbolsLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Christoffel symbols, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 8Related 7Covariant derivativeBroader topic: They correct ordinary component derivatives for the changing coordinate basis.Affine connectionBroader topic: They give the local coefficients used to calculate covariant derivatives.Levi-Civita connectionBroader topic: The metric determines these coefficients through the Levi-Civita formula.Tensor calculusBroader topic: They make covariant-derivative calculations explicit, though they are not tensor components.Tullio Levi-CivitaBroader topic: They provide the local coefficients used in the covariant derivatives central to his framework.Bianchi identitiesBroader topic: Their derivative and quadratic terms yield the coordinate form of the identities.Principle of covarianceBroader topic: They appear in covariant derivatives and compensate for changing coordinates and bases.Ricci calculusBroader topic: They supply the component terms needed to compute covariant derivatives.