Elements for Physics
Subtitle: Quantities, Qualities, and Intrinsic Theories
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9783540253020
Subjects: Theoretical methods; Science/Mathematics; Science; Mathematical Physics; Invariance; Lie groups; Manifolds; Science / Mathematical Physics; Theoretical physics; Electronics - General
First sentence: Even when the physical space (or space-time) is assumed to be flat, some of the "tensors" appearing in physics are not elements of a linear space, but of a space that may have curvature and torsion.