tensor

Multilinear map on some combination of scalars, vectors, covectors, and tensors

Entitygeometric concept general quantityQ188524

Instance of: geometric concept
, general quantity
Subclass of: multilinear map
, mathematical object
Part of: tensor space

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In mathematics, a tensor is an algebraic object that describes a multilinear relationship between sets of algebraic objects associated with a vector space. Tensors may map between different objects such as vectors, scalars, and even other tensors. There are many types of tensors, including scalars and vectors, dual vectors, multilinear maps between vector spaces, and even some operations such as the dot product. Tensors are defined independent of any basis, although they are often referred to by their components in a basis related to a particular coordinate system; those components form an array, which can be thought of as a high-dimensional matrix.

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Union of: list of values as qualifiers list item: covariant tensor, contravariant tensor
Studied by: tensor analysis
Different from: Q15990710
tensor quantity

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