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Tensor Techniques in Physics: a concise introduction

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Tensor Techniques in Physics: a concise introduction
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Publisher: Learning Development Institute
Number of pages: 30

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Contents: Linear vector spaces; Elements of tensor algebra; The tensor calculus (Volume elements, tensor densities, and volume integrals); Applications in Relativity Theory (Elements of special relativity, Tensor form of Maxwell's equations).

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