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This document contains an assignment for a Methods of Mathematical Physics course. It includes 6 questions covering topics like: 1) Proving various vector and tensor identities 2) Writing isotropic tensors in terms of Kronecker delta and Levi-Civita tensors 3) Determining whether certain quantities like angular momentum and mixed products transform as pseudovectors or pseudoscalars 4) Expressing rotation matrices and relating them to the Kronecker delta 5) Deriving expressions for inertia tensors, mass tensors, and other quantities relating to vectors and tensors. The assignment requires using vector and tensor notation to solve problems across various areas of mathematical physics.

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Tensor MMP-assign-I

This document contains an assignment for a Methods of Mathematical Physics course. It includes 6 questions covering topics like: 1) Proving various vector and tensor identities 2) Writing isotropic tensors in terms of Kronecker delta and Levi-Civita tensors 3) Determining whether certain quantities like angular momentum and mixed products transform as pseudovectors or pseudoscalars 4) Expressing rotation matrices and relating them to the Kronecker delta 5) Deriving expressions for inertia tensors, mass tensors, and other quantities relating to vectors and tensors. The assignment requires using vector and tensor notation to solve problems across various areas of mathematical physics.

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Methods of Mathematical Physics (PH 301)

Assignment-I Date: October 18, 2023

Q .1 Show that

a) δij ϵijk = 0
   
b ϵijk r × pk = ri pj - rj pi ⇒ r × pi = ϵijk rj pk

c) δij ϵkmn - δik ϵmnj + δim ϵnjk - δin ϵjkm = 0

Q .2 Prove the following identities using tensor notation :


           
a) A × B · C × D = A · C B · D - A · D B · C

           
b A × B × C × D = A · B × D C - A · B × C D

Q .3 (I) Write the following isotropic tensors in terms of δ & ϵ tensors :

a) Tisotropic
ij = 〈Ai Bj 〉 = ?

b Tisotropic
ijk = 〈Ai Bj Ck 〉 = ?

c) Tisotropic
ijmn = 〈Ai Bj Cm Dn 〉 = ?

d Tisotropic
ijkmn = 〈Ai Bj Ck Dm En 〉 = ?

e) Tisotropic
ijklmn = 〈Ai Bj Ck Dl Em Fn 〉 = ?

where 〈scalar〉 = scalar & 〈isotropic - tensor〉 = isotropic - tensor

(II) Count the number of idependent scalars which can be formed as the product of N vectors.

Q .4 Show that
  
a) L = r × p is a pseudovector, i.e., Li ' = J Rij Lj
     
b S = A · B × C is a pseudoscalar, i.e., S ' = J S if A , B & C are all vectors.

c) ϵijk is an isotropic pseudo - tensor.

Q .5 Show that Rik Rjk = δij for the following expression of Rij :

Rij = δij cosφ + ϵijk nk sinφ + ni nj [1 - cosφ]


       
Q .6 a For L = r × p = m r × v & v = ω × r,
find the expression of an inertia tensor Iij such that Li = Iij ωj
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  
b For F = d p with p = mv

,
dt
1 - (v / c)2
find the expression of a mass tensor mij such that Fi = mij aj ,

where a = d v . Further, find mij in the limit v << c.

dt

c) Given that Ai Bj = C δij + ϵijk Ck + Cij such that Cij = Cji & Cii = 0, find {C, Ci , Cij } = {? ,?,?}

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