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R. Rankin
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For your Minkowski background metric:

$$g_{\mu\nu}=\eta_{\mu\nu}+\kappa h_{\mu\nu}$$

We have that the perturbation can be written as:

$$\delta g_{\mu\nu}=g_{\mu\nu}-\eta_{\mu\nu}=\kappa h_{\mu\nu}$$

We also know that, at first order:

$$g^{\mu\nu}=\eta^{\mu\nu}-\kappa h^{\mu\nu}$$

Now we want to find it's covariant form, which goes like:

$$\delta g^{\mu\nu}=g^{\mu\lambda}\delta g_{\lambda\rho}g^{\rho\nu}$$

Now simply substitute into this equation from our other equations:

$$=\left(\eta^{\mu\lambda}-\kappa h^{\mu\lambda}\right)\left(\kappa h_{\lambda\rho}\right)\left(\eta^{\rho\nu}-\kappa h^{\rho\nu}\right)$$

Throwing away the third order term we obtain:

$$=\kappa h^{\mu\nu}-\eta^{\mu\lambda}\kappa h_{\lambda\rho}\kappa h^{\rho\nu}-\kappa h^{\mu\lambda}\kappa h_{\lambda\rho}\eta^{\rho\nu}$$

$$=\kappa h^{\mu\nu}-\kappa h_{\rho}^{\mu}\kappa h^{\rho\nu}-\kappa h^{\mu\lambda}\kappa h_{\lambda}^{\nu}\eta$$ Since the metric must be symmetric, so must the perturbation be also hence we can write:

$$\delta g^{\mu\nu}=\kappa h^{\mu\nu}-2\kappa h_{\rho}^{\mu}\kappa h^{\rho\nu}$$

Now I got a factor of 2 different from your reference, Which I think can be eliminated by applying requirement for the total metric:

$$g^{\mu\nu}g_{\mu\nu}=\delta_{\mu}^{\mu}$$ But I think you get the Idea, it's a process that just grows outrageously in tediousness with each higher order. Cheers!! (:

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