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    ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY 2020-21

    TUTORIAL IV

    Four Vectors & Tensors


    1. A vector Aα is said to be time-like, space-like or null according to
    whether its norm is positive, negative or zero. Orthogonality of two
    vectors implies the vanishing of their scalar product. Show that

    (a) Every non-zero vector orthogonal to a time-like vector is space like

    (b) Every non-zero vector orthogonal to a null vector is either space-like


    or is proportional to the null vector itself.

    (c) Show that a timelike vector in Minkowski spacetime cannot be or-


    thogonal to a non-zero null vector

    2. In relativity, it is frequently convenient to introduce a parameter called


    rapidity which is defined as
    v 
    −1
    θ ≡ tanh
    c
    Express the Lorentz transformation matrix Λ in terms of θ and compare
    it with the rotation matrix (for the four vector xµ = x0 = ct, x, y, z)
     
    γ −βγ 0 0
     −βγ γ 0 0 
    Λ=
     0

    0 1 0
    0 0 0 1
    3. Prove that the Kronecker delta symbol δ α β is a mixed tensor of rank 2.

    4. Show that the quantity T µ αβµ is a covariant tensor of rank 2.

    1
    5. Evaluate

    g µν g αβ gαβ gρµ gνσ g ρσ


    in a 6 dimensional space.

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