Zwiebach 210 Hmwk: Commutator not Equal 0

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Homework Statement


Zwiebach claims that differentiating 12.12, which is

[tex]X^I (\tau, \sigma) X^J(\tau, \sigma')-X^J(\tau, \sigma') X^I(\tau, \sigma) = 0[/tex]

w.r.t. tau gives the same commutator with everything dotted. I think that is downright wrong. If you use the product rule to write everything out, it just doesn't work out.


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The Attempt at a Solution

 
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Apply equation (12.21) to the second equation in the first line of equations (12.12).
 
You also have to use 12.1 to get the leftmost part, don't you?