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notation question (bilinear form)

So I have to proof the following: for a given Isomorphism $\phi : V\rightarrow V^*$ where $V^*$ is the dual space of $V$ show that $s_{\phi}(v,w)=\phi(v)(w)$ defines a non degenerate bilinear form. ...
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Finding an “inverse” of a deviatoric tangent

I have have a material model, defining the deviatoric stress for a nonlinear fluid: $\boldsymbol{\sigma}_{\mathrm{dev}} = f(\dot{\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}}_{\mathrm{dev}})$ Now I wish to find the ...
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Tensor Products, various defintions

I came across a definition for the tensor product which differs from the standard definition. This book defined the tensor product of vector spaces $V$ and $W$ as the space $L(V,W,\Bbb K)$ of bilinear ...
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Multi-dimensional array decomposition

My question is about decomposing a muti-dimensional array into a product of matricies. To ask the question I will work towards the tensor, and then ask the question about the reverse process. Let ...
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Splitting a tensor

Is it possible to write $$\int d^3x \,\,\, x_i\,\,x_j\,\,\,f(\vec x)$$ where $f(\vec x)$ is some function of the position and the indices indicate which component, as a sum of a traceless tensor and ...
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Connection between dual space V* and negation P^c

Notice the following similarity between the vector space dual and negation in propositional logic: $$ V^* \equiv V \rightarrow F $$ $$ P^c \equiv P \rightarrow \bot $$ Is there some general notion ...
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Tensor invariants under isometries

UPD Equivallent formulation --- how do you find all the independent isometric invariants of a tensor? In what follows $V$ is a real inner product space. I want to understand how does one find all ...
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Tensor problem with spatial dependence cancelation

Consider the following tensor expression written in indicial notation \begin{equation} c_{ij} = A_{ijkl}(x_i) b_{kl}(x_i) \end{equation} Here $A_{ijkl}$ and $b_{kl}$ are dependent on $x_i$ but ...
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How to transform one nonsquare matrix into another

I am modeling the effect of neural activity on synaptic strength. My question, though, is mathematical. I have the following differential equation: $ \tau_{W} ...
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Structure tensor of a function and the distribution of gradients

In computer vision, one often computes what's known as the structure tensor of an image. The structure tensor of a an image (i.e. a function) is a matrix that, I quote from Wikipedia. "summarizes ...
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The Dimension of the Symmetric $k$-tensors

I want to compute the dimension of the symmetric $k$-tensors. I know that a covariant $k$-tensor $T$ is called symmetric if it is unchanged under permutation of arguments. Also, I know that the ...
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Reference for densities and pseudoforms and non-tensorial representations of $\operatorname{GL}(n)$ and associated vector bundles

I'm looking for a reference that will set me straight on a few things. It started out with densities. In John Lee's book, "Introduction to Smooth Manifolds", densities on vector spaces are functions ...
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is there a way to solve the following tensor equation?

I have the following tensor (takes a vector of length $m$ and returns a matrix $m \times m$): $C(y) = A \operatorname{diag}(A^T y ) A^{-1}$ for some invertible matrix $A$ of size $m \times m$ ($y$ ...
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Einstein notation - difference between vectors and scalars

From Wikipedia: First, we can use Einstein notation in linear algebra to distinguish easily between vectors and covectors: upper indices are used to label components (coordinates) of ...
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Proof of $\det(\textbf{ST})=\det(\textbf{S})\det(\textbf{T})$ in Penrose graphical notation

For two matrices $\textbf{S}$ and $\textbf{T}$, a proof of $\det(\textbf{ST})=\det(\textbf{S})\det(\textbf{T})$ is given below in the diagrammatic tensor notation. Here $\det$ denotes the ...
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Is it misleading to think of rank-2 tensors as matrices?

Having picked up a rudimentary understanding of tensors from reading mechanics papers and Wikipedia, I tend to think of rank-2 tensors simply as square matrices (along with appropriate transformation ...
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How to visualize a rank-2 tensor?

The notion (rank-2) "tensor" appears in many different parts of physics, e.g. stress tensor, moment of inertia tensor, etc. I know mathematically a tensor can be represented by a 3x3 matrix. But I ...