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We show that the symmetry classes of torsion-free covariant derivatives $\nabla T$ of r-times covariant tensor fields T can be characterized by Littlewood-Richardson products $\sigma [1]$ where $\sigma$ is a representation of the symmetric group $S_r$ which is connected with the symmetry class of T. If $\sigma = [\lambda]$ is irreducible then $\sigma [1]$ has a multiplicity free reduction $[\lambda][1] = \sum [\mu]$ and all primitive idempotents belonging to that sum can be calculated from a generating idempotent e of the symmetry class of T by means of the irreducible characters or of a discrete Fourier transform of $S_{r+1}$. We apply these facts to derivatives $\nabla S$, $\nabla A$ of symmetric or alternating tensor fields. The symmetry classes of the differences $\nabla S - sym(\nabla S)$ and $\nabla A - alt(\nabla A)$ are characterized by Young frames (r, 1) and (2, 1^{r-1}), respectively. However, while the symmetry class of $\nabla A - alt(\nabla A)$ can be generated by Young symmetrizers of (2, 1^{r-1}), no Young symmetrizer of (r, 1) generates the symmetry class of $\nabla S - sym(\nabla S)$. Furthermore we show in the case r = 2 that $\nabla S - sym(\nabla S)$ and $\nabl

Author

Fiedler, B.

Published

2003

Language

EN