Derivative changes under CPT transformations

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Hello! Do the derivatives change sign under C, P or T transformation. For example, for the photon vector field we have, under C, ##A_\mu \to -A_\mu##. Do we also get ##\partial_\mu \to -\partial_\mu ##? And what about P and T? Thank you!
 
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MathematicalPhysicist said:
##T## changes ##x^{\mu}\to -x^{\mu}## charge doesn't change spatial-temporal coordinates.
Parity changes momentum but doesn't change ##x^{\mu}##.
I am a bit confused. Shouldn't we have that T changes ##x^0 \to -x^0## and Parity would do the same for the other 3 components?
 
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kelly0303 said:
I am a bit confused. Shouldn't we have that T changes ##x^0 \to -x^0## and Parity would do the same for the other 3 components?
yes.
So ##\partial_0 \to -\partial_0## under time reversal while the other derivatives stay the same.