and physics, a tensor field assigns a tensor to each point of a mathematical space (typically a Euclidean space or manifold). Tensor fields are used in differential...
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electromagnetism, the electromagnetic tensor or electromagnetic field tensor (sometimes called the field strength tensor, Faraday tensor or Maxwell bivector) is a...
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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 science, a field is a physical quantity, represented by a scalar, vector, or tensor, that has a value for each point in space and time. A weather map...
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numbers), and a metric field on M consists of a metric tensor at each point p of M that varies smoothly with p. A metric tensor g is positive-definite...
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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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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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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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In the mathematical field of differential geometry, the Riemann curvature tensor or Riemann–Christoffel tensor (after Bernhard Riemann and Elwin Bruno...
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is a vector field. If T {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {T}}} is a tensor field of order n > 1 then the divergence of the field is a tensor of order n− 1...
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Tensor fields, which associate a tensor to every point in space. For example, in general relativity gravitation is associated with the tensor field called...
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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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Covariant derivative (redirect from Tensor derivative)
covariant derivative of a tensor field along a vector field v is again a tensor field of the same type. Explicitly, let T be a tensor field of type (p, q). Consider...
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two vectors is sometimes called an elementary tensor or a decomposable tensor. The elementary tensors span V ⊗ W {\displaystyle V\otimes W} in the sense...
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In theoretical particle physics, the gluon field strength tensor is a second order tensor field characterizing the gluon interaction between quarks. The...
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Einstein in 1915 in the form of a tensor equation which related the local spacetime curvature (expressed by the Einstein tensor) with the local energy, momentum...
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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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completely antisymmetric contravariant tensor field may be referred to as a k {\displaystyle k} -vector field. A tensor A that is antisymmetric on indices...
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a Killing tensor or Killing tensor field is a generalization of a Killing vector, for symmetric tensor fields instead of just vector fields. It is a concept...
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manifold M {\displaystyle M} and the metric tensor is given as a covariant, second-degree, symmetric tensor on M {\displaystyle M} , conventionally denoted...
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Ricci calculus (redirect from Tensor index notation)
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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the Einstein tensor, G a b = R a b − 1 2 R g a b {\displaystyle G_{ab}\,=R_{ab}-{\frac {1}{2}}Rg_{ab}} written in terms of the Ricci tensor Rab and Ricci...
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tensor") may be analyzed either by artificial neural networks or tensor methods. Tensor decomposition can factorize data tensors into smaller tensors...
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Stress (mechanics) (redirect from Piola–Kirchoff stress tensor)
the first and second Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensors, the Biot stress tensor, and the Kirchhoff stress tensor. Bending Compressive strength Critical plane...
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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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universal property of the tensor product of vector spaces extends to more general situations in abstract algebra. The tensor product of an algebra and...
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together all the tensors at all points of the manifold, thus 'bundling' them all into one grand object called the tensor bundle. A tensor field is then defined...
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the tensor product of two fields is their tensor product as algebras over a common subfield. If no subfield is explicitly specified, the two fields must...
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Ricci curvature (redirect from Ricci curvature tensor)
relationship between the Ricci tensor and the matter content of the universe. Like the metric tensor, the Ricci tensor assigns to each tangent space of...
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tensor (symbol σ {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\sigma }}} , named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy), also called true stress tensor or simply stress tensor...
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