Tensors for Physics

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hess, Siegfried (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Mathematical physics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Physical Chemistry.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

This book presents the science of tensors in a didactic way. The various types and ranks of tensors and the physical basis is presented. Cartesian Tensors are needed for the description of directional phenomena in many branches of physics and for the characterization the anisotropy of material prope...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Basics
• Symmetry of Second Rank Tensors, Cross Product
• Epsilon-Tensor
• Symmetric Second Rank Tensors
• Summary: Decomposition of Second Rank Tensors
• Fields, Spatial Differential Operators
• Integration of Fields
• Irreducible Tensors
• Multiple Potentials
• Isotropic Tensors
• Integral Formulae
• Spin Operators
• Rotation of Tensors
• Liquid Crystals
• Constitutive Relations
• Tensor Dynamics
• Maxwell Equations, from 3D to 4D
• Exercises: Answers and Solutions.