Problem in Writing Gaussian Null Coordinate in xAct

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Ashes Modak

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Jul 22, 2025, 2:48:24 AMJul 22
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In my xAct project using Mathematica, I encountered an issue while constructing a 4×4 matrix using CTensor on a 4-dimensional manifold "M1" with chart "Old", whose coordinates are .x_1, and x_2 spans a 2 dimentional spatial space whose metric is h_{ij}.The components of this spatial metric specifically  But I can't define h_{ij} as a metric.

The whole metric is given by,
ds^{2}=2dvdr-r^{2}X(r,v,x^{i})dv^{2}+2rw_{i}(r,v,x^{i})dvdx^{i}+h_{ij}(r,v,x^{i})dx^{i}dx^{j}

I want to define it in xAct and find the Christoffel, Ricci, and Riemann tensors.  
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