These notes may serve as a reminder of tensor algebra. The notes supplement the course on advanced elasticity. Several books are listed at the end of the notes.
Update on 17 April. I am now breaking up the notes on tensors, cleaning them up, and posting them as sections on linear algebra.
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About Notes on Tensors
Dear Prof. Suo,
I read with very interest Your notes on Tensors (after finish reading Your notes on Vectors). A pity that I didn't see Your explanation on Tensors in this note. As You already explained that You break up this notes to seperate topics.
Looking forward to Your further updates on the breaking-up version of the the notes on Tensors.
Thank you very much for all the Notes you posted, and looking forward for new ones.
In reply to About Notes on Tensors by Xiaogai Li
Re: About Notes on Tensors
Thank you for your kind words. I have described the algebra of tensors in my notes on finite deformation. The basic idea is that all tensors come from linear maps between vectors. For example, stress is a linear map from the area vector to force.
In reply to Re: About Notes on Tensors by Zhigang Suo
Thank you very much for the
Thank you very much for the information, great it's aready available! I will read the note with care. Thanks!