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We have seen that space-time vectors and the invariants constructed from them provide powerful tools for solving problems in relativity. Tensors are more general objects with components that also transform in a linear way under change of inertial coordinates. We shall use them in the next chapter to recast Maxwell’s equations in a Lorentz-invariant form.
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(1992). Tensors in Space-Time. In: Special Relativity. Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46676-5_5
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