We can verify that

_f__{_y z_}^* = _f__{_x l_} etc.

and _f²_ = ρ² + ρ^*², (_f__f_^*) = 2ρρ^*.

| _f_ |² and (_f__f_^*) may be said to be invariants of the six vectors,

for their values are independent of the choice of the system of

co-ordinates.

[M. N. S.]

Note 12.

Light-velocity as a maximum.

Page 23, and Electro-dynamics of Moving Bodies, p. 17.

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