PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO TENSOR CALCULUS

general, scalar elds are referred to as tensor elds of rank or order zero whereas vector elds are called tensor elds of rank or order one. Closely associated with tensor calculus is the indicial or index notation. In section 1 the indicial notation is de ned and illustrated. We also de ne and investigate scalar, vector and tensor elds when they

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