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Is there a reason why $\det(g)$ is a scalar density of weight 2 and not 1, 3 or 4?
$\det(g)$ is not coordinate-independent - it is a scalar density of weight +2 (or −2 depending on convention) which generally changes across spacetime. In Minkowski space equipped with spherical polar ...
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