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Single-Particle Electrodynamics - Assassination Science

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and (F ·B) has components<br />

(F ·B) i ≡ F ij B j . (A.76)<br />

Three-dyads may be dot-producted on both sides at once; for example,<br />

(A·F ·B) ≡ A i F ij B j ,<br />

(A.77)<br />

and may be “chained” together into longer inner-products:<br />

(A·F ·F ·B) ≡ A i F ij F jk B k .<br />

(A.78)<br />

A.9.12<br />

Epsilon products<br />

For any three-vectors A, B and C, the epsilon product is defined as<br />

ε(A, B, C) ≡ ε ijk A i B j C k .<br />

(A.79)<br />

As with the case with four-vectors, three-dyads may be used in the ε(, , )<br />

notation: they cover two adjacent positions; e.g., if F is a three-dyad, then<br />

ε(A, F ) ≡ ε ijk A i F jk ,<br />

ε(F , C) ≡ ε ijk F ij C k ,<br />

( )<br />

ε(, F ) ≡ ε ijk F jk ,<br />

i<br />

( )<br />

ε(F , ) ≡ ε ijkF ij .<br />

k<br />

One or two of the entries in the ε(, , ) symbol may be vacant; the symbol<br />

then represents a three-vector, or a three-dyad, respectively:<br />

(<br />

ε(, B, C)<br />

)<br />

(<br />

ε(, , C)<br />

)<br />

i<br />

≡ ε ijk B j C k ,<br />

ij ≡ ε ijkC k .<br />

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