The action of a relativistic massive point particle moving in space-time is
S=−m∫dτ√gνρdxνdτdxρdτ
[with Minkowski sign convention (+,−,−,−)]. Because of the the square root in the action, one introduces the einbein field e and the action becomes
S=1/2∫dτ(e−1˙X2−em2).
I understand this but I can't come up with the expression of the action with the einbein field myself.
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