When would the metric tensor have offdiagonal elements--what would it mean

Subject: When would the metric tensor have offdiagonal elements--what would it mean

Date: Sat Dec 27 04:37:45 2003
Posted by Jagmeet Singh
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When would the metric tensor g_{ij} have off-diagonal elements and what would it
mean?Would it imply some kind of shear or torsion in the metric?
Why do all the metric tensors found in books on general relativity have only
diagonal elements?

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