We introduce in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with the usual Euclidean metric $\langle \cdot, \cdot \rangle$, the connection defined in Cartesian ccoordinates $(x^1, x^2, x^3)$ by $$\Gamma_{jk}^i = \omega \varepsilon_{ijk}$$ where $\omega: \mathbb{R}^3 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a smooth function and $$\varepsilon_{ijk} = \begin{cases} +1 \quad \text{if }(i,j,k) \text{ is an even permutation of }(1,2,3)\\ -1 \quad \text{se }(i,j,k) \text{ is an odd permutation of }(1,2,3)\\ 0 \quad \text{ otherwise} \end{cases}$$ Show that $\nabla$ is compatible with $\langle \cdot, \cdot \rangle$;
I've taken a local coordinate system $(x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n)$ and used the
We know that a connection $\nabla$ is compatible with a metric $\langle \cdot, \cdot \rangle$ if and only if for every differentiable curve $c: I \rightarrow M$ and every pair $V, \,W$ of vector fields differentiable along $c$ we have $$\frac{d}{dt} \langle V, W \rangle = \left\langle \frac{DV}{dt}, W \right\rangle +\left\langle V, \frac{DW}{dt} \right\rangle, \quad t \in I$$
Let $(x_1(t), x_2(t), x_3(t))$ be the parametrization of $c(t)$ in the local coordinate system, and let $X_i = \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i}$, and write $V$ as $V =\sum_{j=1}^3 v^j X_j$ (and similarly for $W$), where $v_j = v_j(t)$. We can express the covariant derivative as
$$ \begin{align}\frac{DV}{dt} &= \sum_{k=1}^3 \left[ \frac{dv^k}{dt} + \sum_{i,j} v^j \frac{dx_i}{dt} \Gamma_{ij}^k\right] X_k\\ &= \sum_{k=1}^3 \left[ \frac{dv^k}{dt} + \sum_{i,j} v^j \frac{dx_i}{dt} \omega \varepsilon_{ijk}\right] X_k \end{align}$$
I thought about calculating $\frac{d}{dt} \langle V, W \rangle$ and $ \left\langle \frac{DV}{dt}, W \right\rangle +\left\langle V, \frac{DW}{dt} \right\rangle$ in these terms and showing they are equal, but it would be too messy. I think there must be a smart solution that doesn't require too many calculations.