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The Pfaff or convective derivatives ∂α with respect to θα are ∂ − β i ∂i ∂t ∂ ∂i ≡ ∂xi ∂0 ≡ (2) In this coframe, the metric g reads ds2 = gαβ θα θβ ≡ −N 2 (θ0 )2 + gij θi θj . (3) The t-dependent scalar N and space vector β are called the lapse function and shift vector of the slicing. These quantities were explicitly identified in [7] and play prominent roles in all subsequent 3 + 1 formulations. Any spacetime tensor decomposes into sets of time dependent space tensors by projections on the tangent space or the normal to Mt .
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