Levi-Civita symbol
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title:
Levi-Civita symbol
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In mathematics, particularly in linear algebra, tensor analysis, and differential geometry, the Levi-Civita symbol or Levi-Civita epsilon represents a collection of numbers defined from the sign of a permutation of the natural numbers 1, 2,..., n, for some positive integer n. It is named after the Italian mathematician and physicist Tullio Levi-Civita. Other names include the permutation symbol, antisymmetric symbol, or alternating symbol, which refer to its antisymmetric property and definition
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Antisymmetric permutation object acting on tensors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi-Civita_symbol
date created:
2003-03-13T23:47:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T01:42:47Z
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