Let gμν be a metric on a manifold with a time direction x0 singled out. I'm wondering if there exists a function F(gμν,∂ρgμν,…) that transforms under spatial diffeomorphisms as F(g′μν(x′),∂ρg′μν(x′),…)=F(gμν(x),∂ρgμν(x),…)+∇μΛμ(gμν,∂ρgμν,…,x′),
where
Λ is some functional of the metric and
x′. This would imply that the integral
∫ddx√−gF
is invariant under spatial diffs.
Any ideas?
This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2015-11-08 10:11 (UTC), posted by SE-user Matthew