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Orthogonal Basis

A Basis of vectors ${\bf x}$ which satisfy

\begin{displaymath}
x_j x_k = C_{jk}\delta_{jk}
\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}
x^\mu x_\nu = C_\nu^\mu\delta_\nu^\mu,
\end{displaymath}

where $C_{jk}$, $C_\nu^\mu$ are constants (not necessarily equal to 1) and $\delta_{jk}$ is the Kronecker Delta.

See also Basis, Orthonormal Basis




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26