Re: tensor question



On Jan 26, 6:18 pm, "Mike" <michael.h.william...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a textbook with a theorem that the inverse of a rank 2
contravariant tensor
is also a tensor (covariant of rank 2). Can someone prove it? I cannot.

....and what exactly do you mean by the inverse of a tensor? No such
tensorial operation exists - it certainly would explain why you have
such difficulty proving it. Are you talking about a _specific_ tensor
[eg, metric tensor] or are you talking in generality?

I guess none of your four graduate degrees adequately explained tensors
to you.


-Mike

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