Solution

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Dualize the antisymmetric tensor to a vector,
An isotropic symmetric rank-two tensor depending quadratically on one vector can only be a linear combination of and : after rotating to the third axis, invariance under all rotations about that axis forces the matrix to be .
Since and , the most general answer may be written
The two displayed tensors are independent, for example by taking along a coordinate axis and comparing the components parallel and perpendicular to it. Hence there are exactly two independent terms.

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