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This document discusses tensor transformations and symmetry. The transformation formula from a previous exercise is generalized to rank-2 tensors, showing that the transformed tensor will have the same symmetry (either symmetric or antisymmetric) as the original tensor. If the transformation tensor is symmetric, the transformed tensor will be symmetric as well, and if the transformation tensor is antisymmetric, the transformed tensor will be antisymmetric.

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This document discusses tensor transformations and symmetry. The transformation formula from a previous exercise is generalized to rank-2 tensors, showing that the transformed tensor will have the same symmetry (either symmetric or antisymmetric) as the original tensor. If the transformation tensor is symmetric, the transformed tensor will be symmetric as well, and if the transformation tensor is antisymmetric, the transformed tensor will be antisymmetric.

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Exercise 13.

41
The transformation formula demonstrated in exercise 13.39 becomes, for [20] tensors,
 ab=Q cd T ac T bd
Q
If
cd dc
Q = Q
where α=1 for symmetric tensors and α=-1 for antisymmetric ones, it is
Q ab=Qcd T ac T bd =Q dc T ac T bd = Qdc T bd T ac = Q
 ba
therefore also thre transformed tensor has the same type of symmetry.

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