Antisymmetric contraction test for an antisymmetric tensor
ID: antisymmetric-contraction-test-for-an-antisymmetric-tensor
If an array is antisymmetric in every orthonormal basis and its contractions with every antisymmetric second-rank tensor are invariant scalars, it obeys the Cartesian second-rank tensor transformation law. The difference is antisymmetric and orthogonal to every antisymmetric test matrix. Choosing the test matrix equal to gives , hence . The Frobenius inner product is nondegenerate on the antisymmetric subspace.
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