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Remark on the defining relation of the σ-symbols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

H. A. Buchdahl
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics (S.G.S.), Australian National University, Canberra
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It is shown algebraically that the full defining relation for the σκ(img)ν is effectively contained in its symmetric part.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1965

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