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LAHLH
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Hi,
I'm trying to prove the Shouten identity for twistors:
[itex] \langle pq\rangle\langle rs\rangle+\langle pr\rangle\langle sq\rangle+\langle ps\rangle\langle qr\rangle=0 [/itex]
It's easy to show that the LHS here is cyclically symmetric under [itex] q\to r\to s \to q[/itex], and also completely antisymmetric in q,r,s (just use [itex] \langle qr \rangle=-\langle rq \rangle[/itex] etc)
But why does this imply the LHS must be zero?
I'm trying to prove the Shouten identity for twistors:
[itex] \langle pq\rangle\langle rs\rangle+\langle pr\rangle\langle sq\rangle+\langle ps\rangle\langle qr\rangle=0 [/itex]
It's easy to show that the LHS here is cyclically symmetric under [itex] q\to r\to s \to q[/itex], and also completely antisymmetric in q,r,s (just use [itex] \langle qr \rangle=-\langle rq \rangle[/itex] etc)
But why does this imply the LHS must be zero?