Provisional Contents – Vectors and Tensors
1 Notation and Auxiliary Quantities
2 Some Information About Mappings
3 Vector Algebra
4 Tensor Algebra – General (Second-Order) Tensor
4.1 Definition of General (Second-Order) Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.2 Inner Product of General Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.3 Product or Composition of General Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.4 Adjoint or Transpose of a General Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.5 Adjugate and Cofactor of a General Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.7 Scalar Triple Product for General Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.8 Determinant of a General Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 Tensor Algebra – Simple (Second-order) Tensors
5.1 Distinguished Tensors and Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.2 Powers of Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.3 Tensor Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.4 Tensor-Valued Tensor Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.5 Idempotent Tensors or Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.6 Orthogonal Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 Tensors of Higher Order
6.1 Zeroth-Order Tensors – Scalars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.2 First-Order Tensors – Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.3 Third-Order Tensors – Triads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.4 Fourth-Order Tensors – Tetrads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 Vector and Tensor Analysis
7.1 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.2 Definition of the Derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3 Calculation Rules for the Derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.4 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 E UCLIDean Point Space
9 Tensor Fields
10 Tensor Analysis