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Why does a degree of freedom vanish from 3D to 2D in that tensor construction?
Let's assume an arbitrary tensor in 3D coordinates: $g_{ij} $ with $i, j$ in $[1,3]$.
It shall be arbitrary, meaning not symmetric.
It has 9 entries which equals 9 degrees of freedom (dof).
Now, I ...
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