In differential geometry, the four-gradient (or 4-gradient) is the four-vector analogue of the gradient from Gibbs-Heaviside vector calculus.
In special relativity and in quantum mechanics, the four-gradient is used to define the properties and relations between the various physical four-vectors and tensors.
This article uses the (+,-,-,-) metric signature and tensor index notation in the language of 4-vectors.
SR and GR are abbreviations for Special Relativity and General Relativity respectively.