General Relativity – Ricci Identity with Torsion Proof

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In the notes I'm using for General Relativity, the author begins their proof of the Ricci identity with torsion by writing

$$\nabla_{[\mu}\nabla_{\nu]}Z^{\sigma}=\partial_{[\mu}(\nabla_{\nu]}Z^{\sigma})+\Gamma^{\sigma}_{[\mu|\lambda|}\nabla_{\nu]}Z^{\lambda}-\Gamma^{\rho}_{[\mu\nu]}\nabla_{\rho}Z^{\sigma}$$

I can't for the life of me see how to get the last term, so if someone could help me out here that would be great!

Best Answer

Hint: You can, in a first step, expand the outer derivative (write $D_\nu Z^\sigma=A_\mu^\sigma$ if you wish). You will get a partial derivative acting on $A_\mu^\sigma$ and two terms with Christoffel symbols.

Can you take it from here?