A notation for vectors and tensors
1955 ◽
Vol 51
(3)
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pp. 449-453
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The vector notation commonly employed in elementary physics cannot be applied in its usual form to spaces of other than three dimensions. In plane dynamics, for instance, it cannot be used to represent the velocity (– ωx2, ωx1) at the point (x1, x2) due to a rotation ω about the origin, or the (scalar) moment about the origin of the force (F1, F2) acting at (x1, x2). In relativity physics the symbol ⋅ is often used to denote the scalar product of two vectors, it is true, and the tensor aαbβ – aβbα is sometimes denoted by a × b, but there exists no body of rules for the manipulation of these symbols that enables one to dispense with the suffix notation as in the case of vectors in three-dimensional space.
1926 ◽
Vol 110
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pp. 700-708
1992 ◽
Vol 07
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pp. 2193-2206
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2021 ◽
Vol 1
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1954 ◽
Vol 222
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pp. 262-286
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2005 ◽
Vol 93
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pp. 3693-3698
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1989 ◽
Vol 111
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pp. 433-436
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