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  • March 11, 2024 at 11:23 am #5386
    dorien
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    We can see the symmetry in 2 ways:
    1) There are no non diagonal matrix elements and Vxx and Vyy are equal, so eta = 0
    2) The figure indicates a symmetry in the xy plane

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