Can the Relationship Between Levi-Civita Tensor and Kronecker Symbol Be Proven?

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The relationship between the Levi-Civita tensor and the Kronecker symbol is often presented in physics literature as a theorem without formal proof. Specifically, the property that ε_{ijk}ε_{lmn} equates to a determinant of Kronecker symbols is widely accepted but lacks rigorous demonstration. The discussion highlights that while the tensor product can be expressed as a sum of tensor products of Kronecker deltas, the determinant arrangement remains unproven. This indicates a gap in the foundational understanding of this relationship in tensor analysis.

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In many physics literature I have encountered, one of the properties of Levi-Civita tensor is that ε_{ijk}ε_{lmn}is equivalent to a determinant of Kronecker symbols. However this is only taken as a given theorem and is never proved. Is there any source which has proven this property?
 
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Well, the tensor product is a six index object which is always expressible as a sum of a tensor product of 3 2-index objects which must necessarily be the delta Kroneckers. The nice arrangement of this sum in a determinant cannot be proven per se, just taken for granted.
 
I can get that intuitively the Levi-Civita tensor is deeply connected to the Kronecker symbol. But if the arrangement cannot be proved per se, how does this theorem hold true...
 

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