A Brief on Tensor Analysis /

This new edition is intended for third and fourth year undergraduates in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, and the Applied Sciences, and can serve as a springboard for further work in Continuum Mechanics or General Relativity. Starting from a basic knowledge of calculus and matrix algebra, together...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simmonds, James G.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1994.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Undergraduate texts in mathematics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Introduction: Vectors and Tensors
  • General Bases and Tensor Notation.
  • Newton's Law and Tensor Calculus
  • The Gradient, the Del Operator, Covariant Differentiation, and the Divergence Theorem.