write this out in expanded form
The repeated index
means sum over all four coordinates, while
labels which transformed coordinate we mean:
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Writing out all four equations:
![Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com \[ \begin{aligned} dx'^0 &= \frac{\partial x'^0}{\partial x^0}dx^0 +\frac{\partial x'^0}{\partial x^1}dx^1 +\frac{\partial x'^0}{\partial x^2}dx^2 +\frac{\partial x'^0}{\partial x^3}dx^3, \\[6pt] dx'^1 &= \frac{\partial x'^1}{\partial x^0}dx^0 +\frac{\partial x'^1}{\partial x^1}dx^1 +\frac{\partial x'^1}{\partial x^2}dx^2 +\frac{\partial x'^1}{\partial x^3}dx^3, \\[6pt] dx'^2 &= \frac{\partial x'^2}{\partial x^0}dx^0 +\frac{\partial x'^2}{\partial x^1}dx^1 +\frac{\partial x'^2}{\partial x^2}dx^2 +\frac{\partial x'^2}{\partial x^3}dx^3, \\[6pt] dx'^3 &= \frac{\partial x'^3}{\partial x^0}dx^0 +\frac{\partial x'^3}{\partial x^1}dx^1 +\frac{\partial x'^3}{\partial x^2}dx^2 +\frac{\partial x'^3}{\partial x^3}dx^3. \end{aligned} \]](https://stationarystates.com/wp-content/ql-cache/quicklatex.com-867fca3b37e662ac816b953afcd12552_l3.png)
Each equation is simply the total differential of one coordinate function
. All partial derivatives are evaluated at the same spacetime point.
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