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Kronecker delta (Definition)
IntegralMeanValueTheorem

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See Also: identity matrix, Levi-Civita permutation symbol

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Cross-references: matrix, terms, identity matrix, generalized Kronecker delta symbol, integers
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This is version 3 of Kronecker delta, born on 2002-01-04, modified 2006-10-28.
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AMS MSC15A99 (Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory :: Miscellaneous topics)

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Subscripts by sgraves on 2006-07-28 10:31:58
Need the subscripts of the delta be integers? Take the case of an orthonormal set in a Hilbert space: U=\{u_\alpha|\alpha\in A\} for some index set A, with U orthonormal iff (u_\alpha,u_\beta)=\delta_{\alpha~\beta}.

~sjg
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