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Tensor Analysis and Elementary Differential Geometry for Physicists and Engineers pp 143–196Cite as

Applications of Tensors and Differential Geometry

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Nabla operator is a linear map of an arbitrary tensor into an image tensor in N-dimensional curvilinear coordinates.

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  1. EM-motive GmbH (A Joint Company of Daimler and Bosch), 71636, Ludwigsburg, Germany

    Hung Nguyen-Schäfer

  2. Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jan-Philip Schmidt

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Nguyen-Schäfer, H., Schmidt, JP. (2014). Applications of Tensors and Differential Geometry. In: Tensor Analysis and Elementary Differential Geometry for Physicists and Engineers. Mathematical Engineering, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43444-4_4

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