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Gamma matrix trace identities

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With metric (+−−−), γ5=iγ0γ1γ2γ3 and ϵ0123=+1, odd ordinary gamma matrix traces vanish, Tr(γμγν)=4gμν, and
Tr(γμγνγργσ)=4(gμνgρσ−gμρgνσ+gμσgνρ),Tr(γ5γμγνγργσ)=−4iϵμνρσ.
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The first follows by repeated Clifford algebra anticommutation and cyclicity of the trace. The second is an antisymmetric tensor, whose normalization is fixed by the 0123 component.

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