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Tensor Calculus: A Concise Course: A Concise Course Reprint Edition
Author(s): A. Schild (Author), Barry Spain (Author)
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
- Publication Date: 7 April 2003
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 133 pages
- ISBN-10: 0486428311
- ISBN-13: 9780486428314
Book Description
A compact exposition of the theory of tensors, this text also illustrates the power of the tensor technique by its applications to differential geometry, elasticity, and relativity. Explores tensor algebra, the line element, covariant differentiation, geodesics and parallelism, and curvature tensor. Also covers Euclidean 3-dimensional differential geometry, Cartesian tensors and elasticity, and the theory of relativity. 1960 edition.
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“This book will prove to be a good introduction, both for the physicist who wishes to make applications and for the mathematician who prefers to have a short survey before taking up one of the more voluminous textbooks on differential geometry.”
