In this chapter we are going to introduce the basic concepts necessary to grasp the geometrical significance of the metric tensor.
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(2007). Basis Vector Fields and the Metric Tensor. In: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69200-5_4
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