Understanding the Levi-Civita Symbol and Commutators in Quantum Mechanics

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Sorry for spamming the forums, but one last question for today!

If

\Sigma^k=\frac{i}{2} \epsilon_{kij} [\gamma^i , \gamma^j]

where [A,B]=AB-BA

Why does {\Sigma^1=2i \gamma^2\gamma^3 (that's what my notes say, anyway)

I think it should equal:

\Sigma^1=\frac{i}{2}\epsilon_{123}[\gamma^2,\gamma^3] + \frac{i}{2}\epsilon_{132}[\gamma^3,\gamma^2]
= \frac{i}{2}(+1)}[\gamma^2,\gamma^3] + \frac{i}{2}(-1)(-[\gamma^2,\gamma^3])
=i[\gamma^2,\gamma^3]

 

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Disregard that question - I've just worked it out. For anyone who's interested: it's because

<br /> =\gamma^\mu\gamma^\nu = -\gamma^\nu\gamma^\mu <br />

 

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Disregard that question - I've just worked it out. For anyone who's interested: it's because

<br /> =\gamma^\mu\gamma^\nu = -\gamma^\nu\gamma^\mu <br />

that is not true, it is only true for the "spatial" components, for the time component: gamma^0 gamma^0 = gamma^0 gamma^0 = 1