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Because the translations commute, PσPμ is symmetric in (σ,μ), whereas the Levi-Civita tensor in the Pauli-Lubanski pseudovector is antisymmetric, so Wμ​Pμ=0. Moreover,
[Wμ​,Pτ]=21​ϵμνρσ​(ηρτPν−ηντPρ)Pσ=0,
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because the two terms cancel after relabeling and each remaining momentum product is symmetric.

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