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Commutator of covariant derivative and field $F_{\mu \nu}$

I am working with the covariant derivative and trying to show that the commutator of this derivative $[D_\mu , D_\nu]$ is proportional to the field $F_{\mu \nu}$. That is, I need the final term to be ...
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Commutation of position four-vector with spacetime derivatives

I am trying to understand a simple demonstration in Ashok Das' Lectures in QFT. He does the following on p. 134 $$[P_\mu,M_{\nu\lambda}]=[\partial_\mu ,x_\nu\partial_\lambda-x_\lambda\partial_\nu]=\...
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