tensor analysis

noun

1. the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.

Example Sentences

“Yeah! Susie herself. That robot’s a mathematical wiz. He knows all about everything plus a bit on the side. He does triple integrals in his head and eats up tensor analysis for dessert.”

From Literature

Professor Elie Joseph Cartan of the University of Paris delivered an important paper on "The Extension of Tensor Analysis to Non-Affine Geometries."

From Time Magazine Archive

He found it almost impossible to concentrate on such an unimportant subject as the application of tensor analysis to electronic circuits.

From Project Gutenberg

Vector and tensor analysis. © 6Apr43; A172192.

From Project Gutenberg