Tensor calculus and applications : simplified tools and techniques

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Tensor calculus and applications : simplified tools and techniques

Bhaben Chandra Kalita

(Mathematics and its applications : modelling, engineering, and social sciences)

CRC Press, c2019

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The aim of this book is to make the subject easier to understand. This book provides clear concepts, tools, and techniques to master the subject -tensor, and can be used in many fields of research. Special applications are discussed in the book, to remove any confusion, and for absolute understanding of the subject. In most books, they emphasize only the theoretical development, but not the methods of presentation, to develop concepts. Without knowing how to change the dummy indices, or the real indices, the concept cannot be understood. This book takes it down a notch and simplifies the topic for easy comprehension. Features Provides a clear indication and understanding of the subject on how to change indices Describes the original evolution of symbols necessary for tensors Offers a pictorial representation of referential systems required for different kinds of tensors for physical problems Presents the correlation between critical concepts Covers general operations and concepts

Table of Contents

Part I Formalism of Tensor Calculus. 1. Prerequisites for Tensors. 2. Concept of Tensors. 3. Riemannian Metric and Fundamental Tensors. 4. Christoffel Three-Index Symbols (Brackets) and Covariant Differentiation. 5. Properties of Curves in Vn and Geodesics. 6. Riemann Symbols (Curvature Tensors). Part II. Application of Tensors. 7. Applications of Tensors in General Theory of Relativity. 8. Tensors in Continuum Mechanics. 9. Tensors in Geology. 10. Tensors in Fluid Dynamics. Appendix. Remarks. Bibliography.

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  • NCID
    BB28120360
  • ISBN
    • 9780367138066
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boca Raton
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 160 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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