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ForewordPrefaceContentsChapter 1 Preliminaries1.1 The Vector Concept Revisited1.2 A First Look at Tensors1.3 Assumed Background1.4 More on the Notion of a VectorChapter 2 Transformations and Vectors2.1 Change of Basis2.2 Dual Bases2.3 Transformation to the Reciprocal Frame2.4 Transformation Between General Frames2.5 Covariant and Contravariant Components2.6 The Cross Product in Index Notation2.7 Closing RemarksChapter 3 Tensors3.1 Dyadic Quantities and Tensors3.2 Tensors from an Operator Viewpoint3.3 Dyadic Components Under Transformation3.4 More Dyadic Operations3.5 Properties of Second Rank TensorsThe tensor transposeTensors raised to powersSymmetric and antisymmetric tensorsEigenvalues and eigenvectorsThe Cayley-Hamilton theoremTensors of rotationPolar decompositionIsotropic tensors and isotropic scalar functionsDeviator and ball tensor representation3.6 Extending the Dyad Idea3.7 Tensors of the Fourth and Higher RanksChapter 4 Tensor Fields4.1 Vector Fields4.2 Differentials and the Nabla Operator4.3 Differentiation of a Vector Function4.4 Derivatives of the Frame Vectors4.5 Christoffel Coefficients and their Properties4.6 Covariant Differentiation4.7 Covariant Derivative of a Second Rank Tensor4.8 Differential Operations4.9 Orthogonal Coordinate Systems4.10 Some Formulas of Integration4.11 Norms on Spaces of Vectors and TensorsNormed spacesChapter 5 Elements of Differential Geometry5.1 Elementary Facts from the Theory of CurvesCurvatureThe moving trihedronCurves in the plane5.2 The Torsion of a Curve5.3 Serret–Frenet Equations5.4 Elements of the Theory of SurfacesThe first fundamental formGeodesics5.5 The Second Fundamental Form of a SurfaceThe normal curvature of the surface5.6 Derivation FormulasSome useful formulas5.7 Implicit Representation of a Curve; Contact of CurvesContact of curvesContact of a curve with a circle; evolutesContact of nth order between a curve and a surface5.8 Osculating Paraboloid5.9 The Principal Curvatures of a Surface5.10 Surfaces of Revolution5.11 Natural Equations of a Curve5.12 A Word About Rigor5.13 ConclusionAppendix A FormularyChapter 2Reciprocal dual) basisFrame transformationMiscellaneousChapter 3Dyad productTensors from operator viewpointDyadic components under transformationMore dyadic operationsSecond rank tensor topicsChapter 4Vector fieldsDifferentials and the nabla operatorDifferentiation of a vector functionCovariant differentiation of second-rank tensorDifferential operationsOrthogonal coordinate systemsIntegration formulasChapter 5Elementary theory of curvesSerret-Frenet equationsTheory of surfacesAppendix B Hints and AnswersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5BibliographyIndex
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