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Tensor by Wikipedia Bot 0  1970-01-01
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Tensor by Ciro Santilli 37  Updated 2025-05-13  +Created 1970-01-01
A multilinear form with a domain that looks like:
Vm×V∗n→R
(1)
where V∗ is the dual space.
Because a tensor is a multilinear form, it can be fully specified by how it act on all combinations of basis sets, which can be done in terms of components. We refer to each component as:
Ti1​…im​j1​…jn​​=T(ei1​​,…,eim​​,ej1​,…,ejm​)
(2)
where we remember that the raised indices refer dual vector.
Some examples:
  • Levi-Civita symbol as a tensor
  • a linear map is a (1,1) tensor
Explain it properly bibliography:
  • www.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/7lfleo/intuitive_understanding_of_tensors/
  • www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/sis3j2/what_exactly_are_tensors/
  • math.stackexchange.com/questions/10282/an-introduction-to-tensors?noredirect=1&lq=1
  • math.stackexchange.com/questions/2398177/question-about-the-physical-intuition-behind-tensors
  • math.stackexchange.com/questions/657494/what-exactly-is-a-tensor
  • physics.stackexchange.com/questions/715634/what-is-a-tensor-intuitively
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