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Antisymmetric contraction test for an antisymmetric tensor

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If an array is antisymmetric in every orthonormal basis and its contractions with every antisymmetric second-rank tensor are invariant scalars, it obeys the Cartesian second-rank tensor transformation law. The difference D=RTA′R−A is antisymmetric and orthogonal to every antisymmetric test matrix. Choosing the test matrix equal to D gives D:D=0, hence D=0. The Frobenius inner product is nondegenerate on the antisymmetric subspace.

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