Spin and Levi-Civita connections components

G.A.

1 First derivation
We are going to obtain the spin connection coefficients from a non-orthonomal
basis, i.e.
1h i
ω ab µ = eaν ∂µ ebν − ∂ν ebµ − ebν ∂µ eaν − ∂ν eaµ − eaρ ebσ ecµ (∂ρ eσc − ∂σ eρc ) .



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Lets start defining the non-coordinate dual basis (vielbein) θa as

dxµ = eµa θa , (2)

a b
gµν = e µ ηab e ν , (3)
ηab = e a gµν eν b ,
µ
(4)
δba = eaµ ebµ , (5)
δµν = ea µ ea ν . (6)

For V µ (x), vector components, the covariant differentiation is defined as

Dλ V µ = ∂λ V µ + Γµλν V ν . (7)

The vielbein components, ea µ , satisfy

V a (x) = ea µ (x)V µ (x), (8)

where V a are components on a new vector basis. In this case, the connection
that appears in the covariant derivative is called “spin connection” ω a bµ and is
defined as
Dµ V a = ∂µ V a + ω a bµ V b . (9)
From above is not difficult to see that Dµ V a = eaν Dµ Vν .
Now, we can impose the condition that covariant differentiation of the non-
coordinate basis components are zero, i.e.

Dµ ea ν = 0, (10)
this implies, as we have a mixed quantity with non-coordinates labels (latin
indexes) and coordinates labels (greek indexes), that

Dµ ea ν = ∂µ ea ν − Γρµν ea ρ + ω a bµ eb ν = 0. (11)

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 Then, using (6), we get an expression that links the spin connection coeffi-
cients with the Levi-Civita connection coefficientes:

ω a bµ = −eb ν (∂µ ea ν − Γτ µν ea τ ) . (12)

It is not difficult to obtain the Christoffel symbol expression in terms of the

non-coordinate coefficients,
1 ρ τ bh i
Γτµν = e b e (∂ν en ρ − ∂ρ en ν )eµn + (∂µ es ρ − ∂ρ es µ )eνs + (∂µ ec ν + ∂ν ec µ )eρc
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Plugging this into equation (12), we get finally,

1 h aν i
ω ab µ = ∂µ ebν − ∂ν ebµ − ebν ∂µ eaν − ∂ν eaµ − eaρ ebσ ecµ (∂ρ eσc − ∂σ eρc ) .



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