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Vectors and Tensors By Example: Including Cartesian Tensors, Quaternions, and Matlab Examples

Vectors and Tensors By Example: Including Cartesian Tensors, Quaternions, and Matlab Examples

Haskell, Richard E.

Paperback

General Mathematics

ISBN10: 1515153118
ISBN13: 9781515153115
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 25 2015
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
If you have been confused by vectors, vector calculus, tensor analysis, or quaternions, this book is for you. Packed with examples, including Matlab examples, this book will show you: How to use Matlab to calculate dot and cross products, and solve linear equations;How to prove any vector identity using Cartesian tensors;How to derive the expressions for gradient, divergence, Laplacian, and curl in any curvilinear coordinate system;How to understand covariant and contravariant components of a vector;The meaning of Christoffel symbols in covariant differentiation;How to derive the curvature tensor;How quaternions can be used to describe vector rotations in 3-D space.

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