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    This document contains 5 problems regarding mathematical methods: 1) Find values for Kronecker deltas and Levi-Civita symbols. Prove identities involving these symbols and show that the cross product of two axial vectors is axial. 2) Show that the determinant of a 3x3 matrix A can be written using Levi-Civita symbols and the entries of A. Also show that Levi-Civita symbols are rank 3 tensors under proper rotations. 3) Prove identities involving Levi-Civita symbols and use these to prove vector identities for the cross product and vector calculus using index notation. 4) Rewrite Maxwell's equations using an anti-symmetric tensor Fij

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    This document contains 5 problems regarding mathematical methods: 1) Find values for Kronecker deltas and Levi-Civita symbols. Prove identities involving these symbols and show that the cross product of two axial vectors is axial. 2) Show that the determinant of a 3x3 matrix A can be written using Levi-Civita symbols and the entries of A. Also show that Levi-Civita symbols are rank 3 tensors under proper rotations. 3) Prove identities involving Levi-Civita symbols and use these to prove vector identities for the cross product and vector calculus using index notation. 4) Rewrite Maxwell's equations using an anti-symmetric tensor Fij

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    Mathematical Methods for Physics - problem sheet 8 (Imperial College London)

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    Ph Methods 8

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    This document contains 5 problems regarding mathematical methods: 1) Find values for Kronecker deltas and Levi-Civita symbols. Prove identities involving these symbols and show that the cross product of two axial vectors is axial. 2) Show that the determinant of a 3x3 matrix A can be written using Levi-Civita symbols and the entries of A. Also show that Levi-Civita symbols are rank 3 tensors under proper rotations. 3) Prove identities involving Levi-Civita symbols and use these to prove vector identities for the cross product and vector calculus using index notation. 4) Rewrite Maxwell's equations using an anti-symmetric tensor Fij

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    Mathematical Methods Spring Term 2019

    Problem Sheet 8
    1. i) Find the values of
    a) δij δij b) δij δjk δkl δli c) ijk jki .

    ii) Prove the identity ikl jkl = 2δij .


    iii) Show that the cross product of two axial vectors is axial.
    2. i) Let Aij be the entries of 3 × 3 matrix A. Show that
    det A = ijk A1i A2j A3j .

    ii) Show that under proper rotations ijk is a rank 3 tensor.


    3. i) Prove the identity
    ijp klp = δik δjl − δil δjk .

    ii) Use the result from part i) to prove the vector identity
    A × (B × C) = (A · C)B − (A · B)C.

    iii) Use index notation to prove the vector calculus identity


    ∇ · (A × B) = B · (∇ × A) − A · (∇ × B).

    4. In the lectures the rank 2 anti-symmetric tensor Fij = ∂i Aj − ∂j Ai was


    introduced (Ai is the vector potential). Maxwell’s equations are
    ρ ∂E ∂B
    ∇·E= , ∇ × B = µ0 j + µ0 0 , ∇×E=− , ∇ · B = 0.
    0 ∂t ∂t
    i) Write Maxwell’s equations using Fij ,, Ei , ji , ρ and the operator ∂i .
    In other words rewrite the equations using Fij instead of B.
    Hint: write ∇·B = 0 as a tensor equation rather than a scalar equation!
    ii) The Poynting vector S and electromagnetic energy density are given
    by
    1 0 1
    S = E × B, u= E·E+ B · B.
    µ0 2 2µ0
    Write Si and u in terms of the vector Ei and the tensor Fij . Is Si polar
    or axial?
    iii) Show that
    ∂u
    + ∂i Si = −Ei ji .
    ∂t

    1
    5. The Pauli matrices are defined as
         
    0 1 0 −i 1 0
    σ1 = σ2 = σ3 =
    1 0 i 0 0 −1

    i) Show that [σi , σj ] = 2iijk σk .


    ii) Under a rotation of angle θ about an axis with direction n̂
    1 1
    Bi0 σi = e− 2 iθn̂·σ Bi σi e+ 2 iθn̂·σ

    where Bi is the magnetic field. Show that for an infinitesimal rotation


    iθ
    Bi0 σi = Bi σi − [n̂ · σ, Bi σi ].
    2

    iii) Verify the infinitesimal rotation formula quoted in part ii)


    Hint: an infinitesimal rotation matrix has the form Rij = δij − θijk nk .

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