Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2003 / iii / Paper 53 / 2 / c

Four-dimensional Hodge duality identifies ${\gamma }^{mn}{\gamma }_5$ with a nonzero convention-dependent multiple of ${ϵ}^{mnpq}{\gamma }_{pq}$. Every $C{\gamma }_{pq}$ is symmetric by the four-dimensional Majorana bilinear vanishing criterion; taking this linear combination preserves symmetry. HenceThe phase in the duality formula depends on the definition of ${\gamma }_5$ and orientation, but does not affect the vanishing result.