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Writing a tensor with respect to a particular basis
When defining tensors as multilinear maps, I am having trouble understanding why a tensor, let's say of type (2,1), can be written in the following way:
$$T = T^{\mu\nu}_{\rho} e_\mu \otimes e_\nu ...
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Tensors: relations between physics and linear algebra
In continuum mechanics we use finite deformation tensors to exprime deformations in a point. The 9 components of the tensor (in reality 6 because of its symmetry) are defined as
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What does the dual of a tensor mean (e.g. dual stress tensor in relativistic ED)?
I know what the dual of a vector means (as a map to its field), and I am also
aware of of the definition a dual of a tensor as,
$$F^{*ij} = \frac{1}{2} \epsilon^{ijkl} F_{kl}\tag{1}$$
I just don't ...
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Are matrices and second rank tensors the same thing?
Tensors are mathematical objects that are needed in physics to define certain quantities. I have a couple of questions regarding them that need to be clarified:
1-Are matrices and second rank tensors ...
