Proof That the Twp Form is Antisymmetrical

Theorem
Any 2 - form of the form  

\[dx_i \wedge dx_j =- dx_j \wedge dx_i\]
  for any arguments  
\[(\mathbf{a} , \mathbf{b})=((a_1 , a_2, ,,,,a_n),(b_1,b_2,...,b_n)) \]

Proof
\[\begin{equation} \begin{aligned} dx_i \wedge dx_j (\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}) &= det \left( \begin{array}{cc} a_i & b_i \\ a_j & b_j \end{array} \right) \\ &- det \left( \begin{array}{cc} dx_i(\mathbf{a}) & dx_i(\mathbf{b}) \\ dx_j(\mathbf{a}) & dx_j(\mathbf{b}) \end{array} \right) \\ &= det \left( \begin{array}{cc} a_i & b_i \\ a_j & b_j \end{array} \right) \\ &=a_i b_j -b_i a_j \end{aligned} \end{equation}\]

\[\begin{equation} \begin{aligned} dx_j \wedge dx_i (\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}) &= det \left( \begin{array}{cc} a_j & b_j \\ a_j & b_j \end{array} \right) \\ &- det \left( \begin{array}{cc} dx_j(\mathbf{a}) & dx_j(\mathbf{b}) \\ dx_j(\mathbf{a}) & dx_j(\mathbf{b}) \end{array} \right) \\ &= det \left( \begin{array}{cc} a_j & b_j \\ a_i & b_i \end{array} \right) \\ &=a_j b_i -b_j a_i \end{aligned} \end{equation}\]

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