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typhoonss821
Feb23-10, 08:09 AM
Hello everyone, I am stuck when I study Levi-Civita symbol.
The question is how to prove

\varepsilon_{ijk}\varepsilon_{lmn} = \det \begin{bmatrix}
\delta_{il} & \delta_{im}& \delta_{in}\\
\delta_{jl} & \delta_{jm}& \delta_{jn}\\
\delta_{kl} & \delta_{km}& \delta_{kn}\\
\end{bmatrix}

where \varepsilon_{ijk} represents Levi-Civita symbol and \delta_{il} represents kronecker symbol.

Thank you very much^^

slider142
Feb23-10, 07:10 PM
Have you already established the identity \epsilon_{ijk}\epsilon_{ilm} = \delta_{jl}\delta_{km}-\delta_{jm}\delta_{kl}?

typhoonss821
Feb23-10, 07:16 PM
Yes I have, but I don't know how to relate it to determinant.....

Landau
Feb24-10, 06:34 AM
Well, you could just write out that determinant and see what happens.