 Trace of a matrix commutator (source code)

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= Trace of a matrix commutator
{title2=$\operatorname{tr}[A,B]=0$}

The <matrix trace> of $[A,B]=AB-BA$ is zero, since $\operatorname{tr}(AB)=\sum_{i,j}A_{ij}B_{ji}=\operatorname{tr}(BA)$. This obstructs a matrix with nonzero trace from being a single <commutator>.

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