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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ii Paper 1 37C c Solution by
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Choose, for example,The fields are perpendicular and satisfy , so both invariants vanish. Every nonzero constant background with vanishing invariants can be brought to this form by a spatial rotation, up to signs.
In this frame, and with a convention consistent with the relativistic Lorentz force, the mixed tensor isCalling the displayed dimensionless matrix , direct multiplication givesConsequentlyThis is a tensor equation. Since it holds in the canonical frame, it holds in every Lorentz frame for any null electromagnetic field.
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