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genericusrnme
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Homework Statement
I was following along with a proof of AxB=-Bxa
it went along the lines of;
Let;
C=AxB=Ciei
D=BxA=Diei
for i=1,2,3
and we know
Ci=eijkAjBk
Di=eijkBjAk
we can manipulate B and A to give
Bj=BsDeltasj
Bk=AmDeltamk
so we find;
Di=eijkDeltasjDeltamkBsAm = eismBsAm
then it says replace s by k and m by j to find;
Di=eikjBkAj=-eijkAjBk=-Ci
I don't understand why you can just swap s to k and m to j, what's stopping you just replacing s to j and m to k and finding that Di=Ci?
(every time I tried to use the delta from the Latex reference I just got a superscript 1 so that's why I write Delta for the Kronecker Deltas)
Thanks in advance