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    (electromagnetic tensor, Maxwell tensor, permittivity, magnetic susceptibility, ...), and general relativity (stress–energy tensor, curvature tensor, ...). In...
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  • isotropic liquid phase. The Q {\displaystyle \mathbf {Q} } tensor is a second-order, traceless, symmetric tensor and is defined by Q = S ( n ⊗ n − 1 3 I ) +...
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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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  • 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 if g(v, v) > 0 for...
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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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    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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  • learning, the term tensor informally refers to two different concepts (i) a way of organizing data and (ii) a multilinear (tensor) transformation. Data...
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  • weak. The order parameter is the Q {\displaystyle \mathbf {Q} } tensor, which is symmetric, traceless, second-order tensor and vanishes in the isotropic...
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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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  • In tensor analysis, a mixed tensor is a tensor which is neither strictly covariant nor strictly contravariant; at least one of the indices of a mixed...
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  • ^{-T}\cdot \mathbf {N} } Q.E.D. A strain tensor is defined by the IUPAC as: "A symmetric tensor that results when a deformation gradient tensor is factorized into...
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  • 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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  • elasticity tensor is a fourth-rank tensor describing the stress-strain relation in a linear elastic material. Other names are elastic modulus tensor and stiffness...
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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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  • graphics, a tensor operator generalizes the notion of operators which are scalars and vectors. A special class of these are spherical tensor operators which...
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  • the second rank order parameter tensor, the so-called Q tensor of a biaxial nematic has the form [citation needed] Q = ( − 1 2 ( S + P ) 0 0 0 − 1 2 (...
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    covariant index of a tensor is intrinsic and depends on the ordering of the terms of the Cartesian product of vector spaces on which the tensor is given as a...
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  • the tensor algebra of a vector space V, denoted T(V) or T•(V), is the algebra of tensors on V (of any rank) with multiplication being the tensor product...
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    consequently a vector is called a contravariant tensor. A vector, which is an example of a contravariant tensor, has components that transform inversely to...
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  • specialization of the tensor product (which is denoted by the same symbol) from vectors to matrices and gives the matrix of the tensor product linear map...
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    a Cartesian tensor uses an orthonormal basis to represent a tensor in a Euclidean space in the form of components. Converting a tensor's components from...
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  • In mathematics, the tensor product of two fields is their tensor product as algebras over a common subfield. If no subfield is explicitly specified, the...
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  • two-point tensor transforms vectors from one coordinate system to another. That is, a conventional tensor, Q = Q p q ( e p ⊗ e q ) {\displaystyle \mathbf {Q} =Q_{pq}(\mathbf...
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  • T_{p}M} . Given a metric tensor g on an n-dimensional real manifold, the quadratic form q(x) = g(x, x) associated with the metric tensor applied to each vector...
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  • Pseudotensor (redirect from Pseudo-tensor)
    spacetime Tensor – Algebraic object with geometric applications Tensor density – Generalization of tensor fields Tensor field – Assignment of a tensor continuously...
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    first-generation Tensor chip debuted on the Pixel 6 smartphone series in 2021, and was succeeded by the Tensor G2 chip in 2022, G3 in 2023 and G4 in 2024. Tensor has...
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  • topological tensor product of two topological vector spaces. For Hilbert spaces or nuclear spaces there is a simple well-behaved theory of tensor products...
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    Curvilinear coordinates (category Metric tensors)
    ( q 1 , q 2 , q 3 ) , y = f 2 ( q 1 , q 2 , q 3 ) , z = f 3 ( q 1 , q 2 , q 3 ) {\displaystyle x=f^{1}(q^{1},q^{2},q^{3}),\,y=f^{2}(q^{1},q^{2},q^{3})...
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  • and representation theory, the principal invariants of the second rank tensor A {\displaystyle \mathbf {A} } are the coefficients of the characteristic...
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    spinor field or a tensor field according to whether the represented physical quantity is a scalar, a vector, a spinor, or a tensor, respectively. A field...
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