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A dummy index is summed over its full specified range. Its name can be changed consistently without changing the expression, as in Aij​Bij​=Aji​Bji​. A free index specifies a component and cannot be renamed in only one term of an equation. Relabelling dummy indices is useful for tensor contraction arguments involving a symmetric tensor and an antisymmetric tensor.

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