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    This document discusses variations of the Riemann tensor, Ricci tensor, and Ricci scalar in the context of adding a Gauss-Bonnet term to the Einstein-Hilbert action in general relativity. Variations of these tensors and scalar are expressed in terms of derivatives of the metric perturbation and the Gauss-Bonnet invariant, which is defined as a particular combination of the Riemann tensor and its contractions.

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    This document discusses variations of the Riemann tensor, Ricci tensor, and Ricci scalar in the context of adding a Gauss-Bonnet term to the Einstein-Hilbert action in general relativity. Variations of these tensors and scalar are expressed in terms of derivatives of the metric perturbation and the Gauss-Bonnet invariant, which is defined as a particular combination of the Riemann tensor and its contractions.

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    Variation of the metric of the following form:

    The variations of δRμνλσ, δRμν, and δR read:

    G is the Gauss-Bonnet invariant defined as follows:

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