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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ia Paper 3 12C d Solution by
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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 writtenThe 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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