Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2026 / iii / Paper 302 / 2 / d / Solution

Parity preserves the Minkowski metric but reverses orientation. Hence ordinary tensor contraction makesparity even, while the Levi-Civita pseudotensor changes sign and makesparity odd. Equivalently, $C_1$ is proportional to ${\mathbf{J}}^2-{\mathbf{K}}^2$ and $C_2$ to $\mathbf{J}\cdot \mathbf{K}$. The combinations $C_1\pm i{C}_2$ are proportional to the two quadratic Lorentz Casimir invariants, and parity exchanges them exactly as it exchanges the two factors in the complexified algebra.

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