A Geometrical Introduction to Tensor Calculus
Jeroen Tromp, "A Geometrical Introduction to Tensor Calculus"
English | ISBN: 0691267987 | 2025 | 248 pages | PDF | 16 MB
English | ISBN: 0691267987 | 2025 | 248 pages | PDF | 16 MB
An authoritative, self-contained introduction to geometrical tensor calculus for scientists and engineers
Tensors are widely used in physics and engineering to describe physical properties that have multiple dimensions and magnitudes. In recent years, they have become increasingly important for data analytics and machine learning, allowing for the representation and processing of data in neural networks and the modeling of complex relationships in multidimensional spaces. This incisive book provides a geometrical understanding of tensors and their calculus from the point of view of a physicist. With a wealth of examples presented in visually engaging boxes, it takes readers through all aspects of geometrical continuum mechanics and the field and dynamic equations of Einstein, Einstein-Cartan, and metric-affine theories of general relativity.
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