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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 302 2 d Solution by
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Parity preserves the Minkowski metric but reverses orientation. Hence ordinary tensor contraction makesparity even, while the Levi-Civita pseudotensor changes sign and makesparity odd. Equivalently, is proportional to and to . The combinations are proportional to the two quadratic Lorentz Casimir invariants, and parity exchanges them exactly as it exchanges the two factors in the complexified algebra.
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