Fermionic creation and annihilation

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Hi guys,
I consider fermionic holes and I know the creation and annihilation operators of them.

I have shown that [itex]\vec{S}= \sum\limits_{k \nu \mu} \frac{1}{2} \bf{c}_{k \mu}^{\dagger} \vec{\sigma}_{\mu \nu} \bf{c}_{k \nu} =...= \sum\limits_{k \nu \mu} \frac{1}{2} \bf{h}_{-k \mu}^{\dagger} \vec{\sigma}_{\mu \nu} \bf{h}_{ -k \nu}^{ }[/itex].
But I have to show that [itex]\vec{S}=\sum\limits_{k \nu \mu} \frac{1}{2} \bf{h}_{k \mu}^{\dagger} \vec{\sigma}_{\mu \nu} \bf{h}_{ k \nu}^{ }[/itex].

It would be nice if somebody has an idea how I can get rid of the minus sign.

THX
AbbyIs the sum maybe from minus infinity to plus infinity? Then I think I got it.
 
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So because k is from infinity to infinity I can write:
[itex]\vec{S}= \sum\limits_{k \nu \mu} \frac{1}{2} \bf{c}_{k \mu}^{\dagger} \vec{\sigma}_{\mu \nu} \bf{c}_{k \nu} =...= \sum\limits_{k \nu \mu} \frac{1}{2} \bf{h}_{-k \mu}^{\dagger} \vec{\sigma}_{\mu \nu} \bf{h}_{ -k \nu}^{ } <br /> <br /> = \sum\limits_{-k \nu \mu} \frac{1}{2} \bf{h}_{k \mu}^{\dagger} \vec{\sigma}_{\mu \nu} \bf{h}_{ k \nu}^{ } \stackrel{(1)}{=}<br /> \sum\limits_{k \nu \mu} \frac{1}{2} \bf{h}_{k \mu}^{\dagger} \vec{\sigma}_{\mu \nu} \bf{h}_{ k \nu}^{ }[/itex].I would say (1) is true because if I regard the k from "-"infinity to "+"infinity:

[itex]\sum\limits_{-k}^{}f(k)=\sum\limits_{k}^{}f(-k)= \sum\limits_{k}^{}f(k)[/itex]
Could somebody check my thoughts? Would be nice!
THX Abby