MakeTraceless

MakeTraceless[expr]
returns the traceless version of expr.
  • MakeTraceless uses AllContractions internally, hence its conditions on the input expression also apply to MakeTraceless.
  • MakeTraceless returns implicitly symmetrized expressions containing SymH heads. They can be converted to explicitly symmetrized expressions with ExpandSym.
  • The following options can be given:
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