Condition that a tensor be the curl of a vector. (Q1464665)

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    Condition that a tensor be the curl of a vector.
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2603131

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      Condition that a tensor be the curl of a vector. (English)
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      1922
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      Beweis folgenden Satzes: Eine notwendige und hinreichende Bedingung dafür, daß sich ein kovarianter schiefsymmetrischer Tensor \(A_{ij}\) in einem Raum beliebiger Dimension \(n\) durch \(n\) Funktionen \(\varphi_i\) in der Form \[ A_{ij} = \frac {\partial \varphi_i} {\partial x^j } \frac {\partial \varphi_j} {\partial x^i } \] darstellen lasse, ist: \[ \frac {\partial A_{ij} } {\partial x^k } + \frac {\partial A_{jk} } {\partial x^i } + \frac {\partial A_{ki} } {\partial x^j } = 0 \qquad (i,j,k = 1, \dots, n). \] Re.
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