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Since the question has now narrowed down to "who lost the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would arguepropose that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

Since the question has now narrowed down to "who lost the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would argue that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

Since the question has now narrowed down to "who lost the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I propose that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

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Since the question has now narrowed down to "who abandonedlost the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would argue that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

Since the question has now narrowed down to "who abandoned the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would argue that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

Since the question has now narrowed down to "who lost the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would argue that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

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Since the question has now narrowed down to "who abandoned the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would argue that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1922 lectures1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

Since the question has now narrowed down to "who abandoned the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would argue that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1922 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

Since the question has now narrowed down to "who abandoned the minus sign" in the Christoffel symbol, let me start a new thread: The OP asks for a reputable source, later than Einstein's 1916 paper, in which the minus sign is abandoned. I would argue that it was Einstein himself who dropped it. Below I copy from his 1921 lectures at Princeton University, page 46:

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