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-For any representation, there is a dual representation, which acts on the dual vector space instead of the original vector space. The dual vector space consists of covectors, which are linear functions from the vectors to scalars.
+For any representation, there is a dual representation, which acts on the dual vector space instead of the original vector space. The elements of the dual vector space are covectors, which are linear functions from the vectors to scalars.
-In some cases, the dual representation and the original representation are the same (e.g. for representations with orthogonal matrices).
+For representations with orthogonal matrices, the dual representation is the same as the original representation.
-For unitary representations, the dual representation is the same as the complex-conjugate representation.
+For unitary representations, the dual representation is the same as the complex-conjugate representation.
+The dual of the defining representation of the Lorentz group is the parity-reversed representation.
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