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Advanced Quantum Mechanics Schwabl
· Problem 6.2
The Coulomb Potential
Physics — Quantum Mechanics · covariant-vectors
Problem
Show, by using the transformation properties of
x
μ
x_\mu
x
μ
, that
∂
μ
≡
∂
/
∂
x
μ
\partial^\mu \equiv \partial/\partial x_\mu
∂
μ
≡
∂
/
∂
x
μ
(
∂
μ
≡
∂
/
∂
x
μ
\partial_\mu \equiv \partial/\partial x^\mu
∂
μ
≡
∂
/
∂
x
μ
) transforms as a contravariant (covariant) vector.
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