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Single-Particle Electrodynamics - Assassination Science

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three-vector conversion. In any case, the boldfaced typographical symbol ∂<br />

is hereby explicitly decommissioned.<br />

A.9.5<br />

Explicit listing of components<br />

Components of a three-vector are sometimes required to be shown explicitly.<br />

In such a case the components of the three-vector are listed in parentheses,<br />

separated by commas; for example,<br />

(v x , v y , v z ). (A.68)<br />

The components of a three-dyad sometimes need to be listed explicitly.<br />

Matrix notation is used for such purposes.<br />

A.9.6<br />

Mixed notation<br />

Different choices of three-vector notation may be used for different parts of<br />

an expression or equation, if convenient and unambiguous. In particular, a<br />

different choice of notation may be used for either side of an equation, but<br />

only if the equation is a scalar or vector one. Thus,<br />

A·B = C i D i<br />

(A.69)<br />

is a valid (scalar) equation, as are<br />

and<br />

U = (γv x , γv y , γv z )<br />

A×B = ε ijk A j B k<br />

(A.70)<br />

(A.71)<br />

(vector equations—the unpaired index i in (A.71) automatically taken to be<br />

the implicit index of the left hand side), but equations such as<br />

A ij = B i C j<br />

(A.72)<br />

(three-dyad equations) may not be rewritten in mixed notation.<br />

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