From Vectors to Tensors

From Vectors to Tensors

Author: Juan R. Ruiz-Tolosa

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-08

Total Pages: 675

ISBN-13: 3540270663

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This textbook deals with tensors that are treated as vectors. Coverage details such new tensor concepts as the rotation of tensors, the transposer tensor, the eigentensors, and the permutation tensor structure. The book covers an existing gap between the classic theory of tensors and the possibility of solving tensor problems with a computer. A complementary computer package, written in Mathematica, is available through the Internet.


Vector and Tensor Analysis with Applications

Vector and Tensor Analysis with Applications

Author: A. I. Borisenko

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0486131904

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Concise, readable text ranges from definition of vectors and discussion of algebraic operations on vectors to the concept of tensor and algebraic operations on tensors. Worked-out problems and solutions. 1968 edition.


Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics

Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics

Author: Rutherford Aris

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 048613489X

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Introductory text, geared toward advanced undergraduate and graduate students, applies mathematics of Cartesian and general tensors to physical field theories and demonstrates them in terms of the theory of fluid mechanics. 1962 edition.


Introduction to Vectors and Tensors

Introduction to Vectors and Tensors

Author: Ray M. Bowen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1976-05-31

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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To Volume 1 This work represents our effort to present the basic concepts of vector and tensor analysis. Volume 1 begins with a brief discussion of algebraic structures followed by a rather detailed discussion of the algebra of vectors and tensors. Volume 2 begins with a discussion of Euclidean manifolds, which leads to a development of the analytical and geometrical aspects of vector and tensor fields. We have not included a discussion of general differentiable manifolds. However, we have included a chapter on vector and tensor fields defined on hypersurfaces in a Euclidean manifold. In preparing this two-volume work, our intention was to present to engineering and science students a modern introduction to vectors and tensors. Traditional courses on applied mathematics have emphasized problem-solving techniques rather than the systematic development of concepts. As a result, it is possible for such courses to become terminal mathematics courses rather than courses which equip the student to develop his or her understanding further.


Tensor Calculus for Physics

Tensor Calculus for Physics

Author: Dwight E. Neuenschwander

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 142141564X

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It is an ideal companion for courses such as mathematical methods of physics, classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and relativity.--Gary White, editor of The Physics Teacher "American Journal of Physics"


A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors

A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors

Author: Daniel A. Fleisch

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-09-22

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780521171908

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Vectors and tensors are among the most powerful problem-solving tools available, with applications ranging from mechanics and electromagnetics to general relativity. Understanding the nature and application of vectors and tensors is critically important to students of physics and engineering. Adopting the same approach used in his highly popular A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations, Fleisch explains vectors and tensors in plain language. Written for undergraduate and beginning graduate students, the book provides a thorough grounding in vectors and vector calculus before transitioning through contra and covariant components to tensors and their applications. Matrices and their algebra are reviewed on the book's supporting website, which also features interactive solutions to every problem in the text where students can work through a series of hints or choose to see the entire solution at once. Audio podcasts give students the opportunity to hear important concepts in the book explained by the author.


Vector Analysis and Cartesian Tensors

Vector Analysis and Cartesian Tensors

Author: D. E. Bourne

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1483260704

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Vector Analysis and Cartesian Tensors, Second Edition focuses on the processes, methodologies, and approaches involved in vector analysis and Cartesian tensors, including volume integrals, coordinates, curves, and vector functions. The publication first elaborates on rectangular Cartesian coordinates and rotation of axes, scalar and vector algebra, and differential geometry of curves. Discussions focus on differentiation rules, vector functions and their geometrical representation, scalar and vector products, multiplication of a vector by a scalar, and angles between lines through the origin. The text then elaborates on scalar and vector fields and line, surface, and volume integrals, including surface, volume, and repeated integrals, general orthogonal curvilinear coordinates, and vector components in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. The manuscript ponders on representation theorems for isotropic tensor functions, Cartesian tensors, applications in potential theory, and integral theorems. Topics include geometrical and physical significance of divergence and curl, Poisson's equation in vector form, isotropic scalar functions of symmetrical second order tensors, and diagonalization of second-order symmetrical tensors. The publication is a valuable reference for mathematicians and researchers interested in vector analysis and Cartesian tensors.


Vectors And Tensors In Engineering And Physics

Vectors And Tensors In Engineering And Physics

Author: Donald Danielson

Publisher: Westview Press

Published: 2003-01-29

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780813340807

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Vectors and Tensors in Engineering and Physics develops the calculus of tensor fields and uses this mathematics to model the physical world. This new edition includes expanded derivations and solutions, and new applications. The book provides equations for predicting: the rotations of gyroscopes and other axisymmetric solids, derived from Euler's equations for the motion of rigid bodies; the temperature decays in quenched forgings, derived from the heat equation; the deformed shapes of twisted rods and bent beams, derived from the Navier equations of elasticity; the flow fields in cylindrical pipes, derived from the Navier-Stokes equations of fluid mechanics; the trajectories of celestial objects, derived from both Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravitation; the electromagnetic fields of stationary and moving charged particles, derived from Maxwell's equations; the stress in the skin when it is stretched, derived from the mechanics of curved membranes; the effects of motion and gravitation upon the times of clocks, derived from the special and general theories of relativity. The book also features over 100 illustrations, complete solutions to over 400 examples and problems, Cartesian components, general components, and components-free notations, lists of notations used by other authors, boxes to highlight key equations, historical notes, and an extensive bibliography.


Tensor and Vector Analysis

Tensor and Vector Analysis

Author: C. E. Springer

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-09-26

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 048632091X

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Assuming only a knowledge of basic calculus, this text's elementary development of tensor theory focuses on concepts related to vector analysis. The book also forms an introduction to metric differential geometry. 1962 edition.


Vectors and Tensors in Crystallography

Vectors and Tensors in Crystallography

Author: Donald E. Sands

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780486495163

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Ample instruction on vector and tensor manipulations in general coordinate systems, plus specific examples, applications. Emphasis on crystallographic applications, but methods are essential to any problems in nonorthogonal systems. 1982 edition.