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Lecture Notes 01 Provisional Contents

This document provides a provisional contents outline for a textbook on vectors and tensors. It covers topics such as vector algebra, tensor algebra for general and simple second-order tensors, tensors of higher order including scalars, vectors, triads and tetrads, and vector and tensor analysis, including definitions of derivatives, calculation rules for derivatives, and examples. It also mentions sections on Euclidean point space, tensor fields, and tensor analysis.

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Lecture Notes 01 Provisional Contents

This document provides a provisional contents outline for a textbook on vectors and tensors. It covers topics such as vector algebra, tensor algebra for general and simple second-order tensors, tensors of higher order including scalars, vectors, triads and tetrads, and vector and tensor analysis, including definitions of derivatives, calculation rules for derivatives, and examples. It also mentions sections on Euclidean point space, tensor fields, and tensor analysis.

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Provisional Contents – Vectors and Tensors

1 Notation and Auxiliary Quantities

2 Some Information About Mappings

3 Vector Algebra

4 Tensor Algebra – General (Second-Order) Tensor


4.1 Definition of General (Second-Order) Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.2 Inner Product of General Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.3 Product or Composition of General Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.4 Adjoint or Transpose of a General Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.5 Adjugate and Cofactor of a General Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.7 Scalar Triple Product for General Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.8 Determinant of a General Tensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Tensor Algebra – Simple (Second-order) Tensors


5.1 Distinguished Tensors and Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.2 Powers of Tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.3 Tensor Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.4 Tensor-Valued Tensor Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.5 Idempotent Tensors or Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.6 Orthogonal Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Tensors of Higher Order


6.1 Zeroth-Order Tensors – Scalars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.2 First-Order Tensors – Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.3 Third-Order Tensors – Triads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.4 Fourth-Order Tensors – Tetrads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 Vector and Tensor Analysis


7.1 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.2 Definition of the Derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.3 Calculation Rules for the Derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.4 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 E UCLIDean Point Space

9 Tensor Fields

10 Tensor Analysis

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