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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 312 3 ii Solution by
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Let . Rotations around and the vanishing trace imply that the angular integral in the scalar neutrino anisotropic stress has the form . Contract with and use . By the Orthogonality of Legendre polynomials,Only the quadrupole in the neutrino Boltzmann hierarchy contributes. Its phase factor is , so the supplied stress definition becomesComparing with the chosen normalization givesThe sign and factor here follow jointly from the stress convention and the unweighted Legendre polynomial coefficients; they should not be transferred unchanged to a differently normalized hierarchy.
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