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100 1 _aNeuenschwander, Dwight E.,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aTensor calculus for physics :
_ba concise guide
_cDwight E. Neuenschwander.
260 _aBaltimore:
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c2015.
300 _ax, 227 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
505 0 0 _tTensors need context --
_tTwo-index tensors --
_tThe metric tensor --
_tDerivatives of tensors --
_tCurvature --
_tCovariance applications --
_tTensors and manifolds --
_tGetting acquainted with differential forms --
_gAppendix A:
_tCommon coordinate systems --
_gAppendix B:
_tTheorem of alternatives --
_gAppendix C:
_tAbstract vector spaces.
520 _a"Using a clear, step-by-step approach, the book strives to embed the logic of tensors in contexts that demonstrate why that logic is worth pursuing. It is an ideal companion for courses such as mathematical methods in physics, classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and relativity"--
650 0 _aCalculus of tensors.
_928686
650 0 _aPhysics.
_928687
650 7 _aCalculus of tensors.
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