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  1. What Is a Tensor? The mathematical point of view. - Physics Forums

    Jan 26, 2025 · A tensor itself is a linear combination of let’s say generic tensors of the form . In the case of one doesn’t speak of tensors, but of vectors instead, although strictly speaking …

  2. What, Exactly, Is a Tensor? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Every tensor is associated with a linear map that produces a scalar. For instance, a vector can be identified with a map that takes in another vector (in the presence of an inner product) and …

  3. Are there any differences between tensors and multidimensional …

    Feb 5, 2015 · Tensor : Multidimensional array :: Linear transformation : Matrix. The short of it is, tensors and multidimensional arrays are different types of object; the first is a type of function, …

  4. What are the Differences Between a Matrix and a Tensor?

    Jun 5, 2013 · What is the difference between a matrix and a tensor? Or, what makes a tensor, a tensor? I know that a matrix is a table of values, right? But, a tensor?

  5. What even is a tensor? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Dec 8, 2024 · I'm an electrical engineer, and thus don't often interact with the types of mathematics that involve tensors. But when I try to get a deeper understanding of certain …

  6. terminology - What is the history of the term "tensor"?

    tensor - In new latin tensor means "that which stretches". The mathematical object is so named because an early application of tensors was the study of materials stretching under tension.

  7. What exactly is a tensor product? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    This is a beginner's question on what exactly is a tensor product, in laymen's term, for a beginner who has just learned basic group theory and basic ring theory. I do understand from wikipedia …

  8. How would you explain a tensor to a computer scientist?

    Feb 11, 2024 · A tensor extends the notion of a matrix analogous to how a vector extends the notion of a scalar and a matrix extends the notion of a vector. A tensor can have any number …

  9. Interpretation of $ (r,s)$ tensor - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 31, 2014 · Regarding why a $ (0,1)$ tensor can be considered a vector, that is because (for finite-dimensional vector spaces) any vector space is isomorphic to its double dual vector …

  10. Difference Between Tensor and Tensor field? - Mathematics Stack …

    A tensor field has to do with the notion of a tensor varying from point to point . A scalar is a tensor of order or rank zero , and a scalar field is a tensor field of order zero .