Definition
If are two abelian groups, a bilinear map is anticommutative if for all we have
More generally, a multilinear map is anticommutative if for all we have
where is the sign of the permutation .
In mathematics, anticommutativity is a specific property of some non-commutative mathematical operations. Swapping the position of two arguments of an antisymmetric operation yields a result which is the inverse of the result with unswapped arguments. The notion inverse refers to a group structure on the operation's codomain, possibly with another operation. Subtraction is an anticommutative operation because commuting the operands of a − b gives b − a = −(a − b); for example, 2 − 10 = −(10 − 2) = −8. Another prominent example of an anticommutative operation is the Lie bracket.
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If are two abelian groups, a bilinear map is anticommutative if for all we have
More generally, a multilinear map is anticommutative if for all we have
where is the sign of the permutation .
If the abelian group has no 2-torsion, implying that if then , then any anticommutative bilinear map satisfies
More generally, by transposing two elements, any anticommutative multilinear map satisfies
if any of the are equal; such a map is said to be alternating . Conversely, using multilinearity, any alternating map is anticommutative. In the binary case this works as follows: if is alternating then by bilinearity we have
and the proof in the multilinear case is the same but in only two of the inputs.
Examples of anticommutative binary operations include:
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