• In the mathematical field of differential geometry, a metric tensor (or simply metric) is an additional structure on a manifold M (such as a surface)...
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  • differentiable manifold M {\displaystyle M} and the metric tensor is given as a covariant, second-degree, symmetric tensor on M {\displaystyle M} , conventionally...
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    (electromagnetic tensor, Maxwell tensor, permittivity, magnetic susceptibility, ...), and general relativity (stress–energy tensor, curvature tensor, ...). In...
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  • In mathematics, tensor calculus, tensor analysis, or Ricci calculus is an extension of vector calculus to tensor fields (tensors that may vary over a manifold...
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  • In multilinear algebra, a tensor contraction is an operation on a tensor that arises from the canonical pairing of a vector space and its dual. In components...
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  • geometry of a given metric tensor differs locally from that of ordinary Euclidean space or pseudo-Euclidean space. The Ricci tensor can be characterized...
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  • space A metric tensor, in differential geometry, which allows defining lengths of curves, angles, and distances in a manifold Metric tensor (general relativity)...
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  • the Riemann tensor. This tensor has the same symmetries as the Riemann tensor, but satisfies the extra condition that it is trace-free: metric contraction...
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    Minkowski metric η is the metric tensor of Minkowski space. It is a pseudo-Euclidean metric, or more generally, a constant pseudo-Riemannian metric in Cartesian...
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  • by how the tangent space is attached to the cotangent space by the metric tensor. Abstractly, one would say that the manifold has an associated (orthonormal)...
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  • Eddington–Finkelstein form of the Schwarzschild metric. In the Kerr–Schild form of the Kerr metric, the determinant of the metric tensor is everywhere equal to negative...
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    stress-energy tensor The stress–energy tensor, sometimes called the stress–energy–momentum tensor or the energy–momentum tensor, is a tensor physical quantity...
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    metric (FLRW), where it corresponds to an increase in the scale of the spatial part of the universe's spacetime metric tensor (which governs...
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  • the Einstein tensor, g μ ν {\displaystyle g_{\mu \nu }} is the metric tensor, T μ ν {\displaystyle T_{\mu \nu }} is the stress–energy tensor, Λ {\displaystyle...
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  • described through the metric tensor, which is a tensor field (so like an vector field but with tensors instead of vectors), with one tensor at each point of...
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  • called a semi-Riemannian manifold, is a differentiable manifold with a metric tensor that is everywhere nondegenerate. This is a generalization of a Riemannian...
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  • In mathematics and physics, a tensor field is a function assigning a tensor to each point of a region of a mathematical space (typically a Euclidean space...
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  • differential geometry, the Einstein tensor (named after Albert Einstein; also known as the trace-reversed Ricci tensor) is used to express the curvature...
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  • energy–momentum tensor and the Petrov classification of the Weyl tensor. There are various methods of classifying these tensors, some of which use tensor invariants...
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  • notation and manipulation for tensors and tensor fields on a differentiable manifold, with or without a metric tensor or connection. It is also the modern...
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  • It assigns a tensor to each point of a Riemannian manifold (i.e., it is a tensor field). It is a local invariant of Riemannian metrics which measures...
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  • In mathematics, the signature (v, p, r)[clarification needed] of a metric tensor g (or equivalently, a real quadratic form thought of as a real symmetric...
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  • ^{*}M} of a Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian manifold induced by its metric tensor. There are similar isomorphisms on symplectic manifolds. The term musical...
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  • are independent of any metric tensor and coordinate system. Also, the specific term "symbol" emphasizes that it is not a tensor because of how it transforms...
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  • differential geometry, a tensor density or relative tensor is a generalization of the tensor field concept. A tensor density transforms as a tensor field when passing...
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  • In mathematics, the Poincaré metric, named after Henri Poincaré, is the metric tensor describing a two-dimensional surface of constant negative curvature...
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    {F} } . A (1,0) tensor is a vector. A (0,1) tensor is a covector. A (0,2) tensor is a bilinear form. An example is the metric tensor g μ ν . {\displaystyle...
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  • mathematics, the modern component-free approach to the theory of a tensor views a tensor as an abstract object, expressing some definite type of multilinear...
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  • the initial or the final configuration of the body and on whether the metric tensor or its dual is considered. Strain has dimension of a length ratio, with...
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    essentially the composition of functions. In the language of tensor algebra, a particular tensor is associated with a particular shape with many lines projecting...
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