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Tables for Crystallography Volume D Physical properties of crystals Edited by A. Authier © International Union of Crystallography 2006 |
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. D. ch. 1.1, pp. 4-5
Section 1.1.1.4. Symmetry of the matrix of physical properties
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If parameter varies by , the specific energy varies by du, which is equal to We have, therefore and, using (1.1.1.5), Since the energy is a state variable with a perfect differential, one can interchange the order of the differentiations: Since p and q are dummy indices, they may be exchanged and the last term of this equation is equal to . It follows thatMatrices and are therefore symmetric. We may draw two important conclusions from this result: