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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 ia Paper 3 12A c iv Solution by
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True. Since and are antisymmetric, the matrix is antisymmetric. Invariance of contractions with every antisymmetric second-rank tensor gives for every antisymmetric test matrix . Such a matrix can be freely prescribed in one basis and then transformed to define a valid test tensor. Choose in that basis. Thenso and . Together with the given antisymmetry, this proves that is an antisymmetric second-rank tensor. The antisymmetric contraction test for an antisymmetric tensor works because the Frobenius inner product is nondegenerate on the antisymmetric subspace.
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