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Relation between $delta$-system

Physics Asked on August 7, 2021

I’m reading Pavel Grinfeld’s book "Introduction to tensor analysis and the calculus of moving surfaces". I’ve reached the section where the author talks about $delta$-systems and the relations that bind one to the others (section 9.4, page 138). In particular there is an exercise I couldn’t get done: it asks to justify the relation:

$$ 3 delta^i_j = delta^{ij}_{rj} $$

(in the l.h.s. there is a $j$ at the place I assume belongs to an $r$, but it could be a simple index renaming). This expression is evaluated in four dimensions. Now after this equation the author explains that:

$$ delta^{ij}_{rs} = detbegin{bmatrix}
delta^i_r & delta^i_s
delta^j_r & delta^j_s
end{bmatrix} $$

Hence I assume that the contraction reduces to the above equation to:

$$ delta^{ij}_{rs} = detbegin{bmatrix}
delta^i_r & delta^i_j
delta^j_r & delta^j_j
end{bmatrix} = delta^i_r – delta^i_j delta^j_r = delta^i_r – delta^i_r = 0$$

But this contradicts the fact that $ 3 delta^i_j = delta^{ij}_{rj} $. What am I doing wrong? How could I solve this exercise?

P.S. Thank you for your answers in advance and excuse my poor English, I’m still practising it.

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