Let ... notice the first parameter is its dependent variable , while the second is the vector that the one-form is actiong upon. Maybe it would be more proper math to write ?
So
And
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How about if we say is equivalent to ?
How about if ?
Then there's Dullemond, Wang's Hydrodynamics notes:
Start with
(In arbitrary curvilinear coordiantes )
eqn. 7.36:
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... ... or does that go outside the exp?
so the flux is the log of the connection that is parallel-propagated along the x-coordiante.