The tensor terminology (see this page for more definitions)
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dot product |
ei Ai | e0 A0 + e1 A1 |
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| dot product | Aijbi | A0jb0 + A1jb1 |
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| dot product | AijBki | A0jBk0 + A1kBk2 |
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| metric tensor | ds²=gp gdupdup |
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cross product a×b |
εijkajbk |
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| gram matrix Gij | viT vj | (vi | vj) |
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