Advanced Quantum Mechanics Schwabl · Problem 1.1

Second Quantization

Physics — Quantum Mechanics · second-quantization-permutation-symmetry

Problem

Consider the permutation group SNS_N of NN objects. Show that every permutation PP can be represented as a product of transpositions PijP_{ij}, and classify permutations as even or odd according to whether the number of transpositions is even or odd. Show that for every element P∈SNP \in S_N, one has PSN=SNP S_N = S_N.

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