Schaums Outline of Tensor Calculus

by David C. Kay

Overview

The ideal review for your tensor calculus course

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• 300 solved problems
• Coverage of all course fundamentals
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• Complements or supplements the major logic textbooks
• Supports all the major textbooks for tensor calculus courses

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071756037
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	01/21/2011
Series:	Schaum's Outline Series
Edition description:	List
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	434,549
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

David C. Kay, Ph.D. is a professor and chairman of mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Formerly he taught in the graduate program at the University of Oklahoma for 17 years. He is the author of more than 30 articles in the areas of distance geometry, convexity theory, and related functional analysis.

Table of Contents

1. The Einstein Summation Convention. 2. Basic Linear Algebra for Tensors. 3. General Tensors. 4. Tensor Operations. 5. Tests for Tensor Character. 6. The Metric Tensor. 7. The Derivative of a Tensor. 8. Further Riemannian Geometry. 9. Riemannian Curvature. 10. Spaces of Zero Curvature. 11. Tensors in Differential Geometry. 12. Tensors in Mechanics. 13. Tensors in Special Relativity. 14. Tensors Without Coordinates. 15. Introduction to Tensor Manifolds.