Antisymmetric
Antisymmetric[{s1,…,sn}]
represents the symmetry of a tensor that is antisymmetric in the slots si.
Details
- The slots si must be different positive numbers. The order of the list is irrelevant.
- Antisymmetric[{}] and Antisymmetric[{s}] are both equivalent to the identity symmetry.
- Antisymmetric[All] represents the symmetry of a tensor that is antisymmetric in all its slots.
- If an array is antisymmetric in a set of slots, then all those slots have the same dimensions.
Examples
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Scope (3)
Antisymmetry in all slots of a symbolic array:
It can also be specified as follows:
Antisymmetry in the given slots of a symbolic array:
Antisymmetric[{}] and Antisymmetric[{s}] are representations of the absence of symmetry:
Such cases are canonicalized to an empty list of generators:
Applications (3)
Properties & Relations (3)
Detect antisymmetric matrices:
An antisymmetric tensor can also be specified by providing explicit generators with phase :
The Wolfram Language automatically detects the equivalence:
Overlapping sets of antisymmetric slots give full antisymmetry over all those slots:
Non-overlapping sets do not give full antisymmetry. The resulting symmetry is described using generators:
Text
Wolfram Research (2012), Antisymmetric, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Antisymmetric.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2012. "Antisymmetric." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Antisymmetric.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2012). Antisymmetric. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Antisymmetric.html