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Antisymmetric

A quantity which changes Sign when indices are reversed. For example, $A_{ij}\equiv a_i-a_j$ is antisymmetric since $A_{ij}=-A_{ji}$.

See also Antisymmetric Matrix, Antisymmetric Tensor, Symmetric




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1999-05-25