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- | * [[http://amzn.to/2zqbkeU|A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors]] by Fleisch (book) | ||
- | * [[http://maths.dur.ac.uk/users/kasper.peeters/pdf/tensor_en.pdf|Introduction to Tensor Calculus]] by Kees Dullemond & Kasper Peeters (free) | ||
+ | * [[http://amzn.to/2zqbkeU|A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors]] by Fleisch - a nice student-friendly introduction | ||
+ | * [[http://maths.dur.ac.uk/users/kasper.peeters/pdf/tensor_en.pdf|Introduction to Tensor Calculus]] by Kees Dullemond & Kasper Peeters (free) | ||
+ | * A Brief on Tensor Analysis by James Simmonds - a concise but great introductory text. | ||
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<blockquote>Tensor calculus is a technique that can be regarded as a follow-up on linear algebra. | <blockquote>Tensor calculus is a technique that can be regarded as a follow-up on linear algebra. | ||
- | It is a generalisation of classical linear algebra. In classical linear algebra one deals | + | It is a generalization of classical linear algebra. In classical linear algebra one deals |
- | with vectors and matrices. Tensors are generalisations of vectors and matrices. | + | with vectors and matrices. Tensors are generalizations of vectors and matrices. |
<cite>[[http://maths.dur.ac.uk/users/kasper.peeters/pdf/tensor_en.pdf|Introduction to Tensor Calculus]] by Kees Dullemond & Kasper Peeters</cite></blockquote> | <cite>[[http://maths.dur.ac.uk/users/kasper.peeters/pdf/tensor_en.pdf|Introduction to Tensor Calculus]] by Kees Dullemond & Kasper Peeters</cite></blockquote> | ||