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Dual Bivector

A dual Bivector is defined by

\begin{displaymath}
\tilde X_{ab}\equiv {\textstyle{1\over 2}}\epsilon_{abcd} X^{cd},
\end{displaymath}

and a self-dual Bivector by

\begin{displaymath}
X^*_{ab}\equiv X_{ab}+i\tilde X_{ab}.
\end{displaymath}




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1999-05-24