Tensors and their applications / Nazrul Islam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Islam, Nazrul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tensor algebra.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

About the Book: The book is written is in easy-to-read style with corresponding examples. The main aim of this book is to precisely explain the fundamentals of Tensors and their applications to Mechanics, Elasticity, Theory of Relativity, Electromagnetic, Riemannian Geometry and many other disciplines of science and engineering, in a lucid manner. The text has been explained section wise, every concept has been narrated in the form of definition, examples and questions related to the concept taught. The overall package of the book is highly useful and interesting for the people associated wit

Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Preliminaries; Chapter 2 Tensor Algebra; Chapter 3 Metric Tensor and Riemannian Metric; Chapter 4 Christoffel's Symbols and Covariant Differentiation; Chapter 5 Riemann-Christoffel Tensor; Chapter 6 The e-Systems and the Generalized Kronecker Deltas; Chapter 7 Geometry; Chapter 8 Analytical Mechanics; Chapter 9 Curvature of Curve, Geodesic; Chapter 10 Parallelism of Vectors; Chapter 11 Ricci's Coefficients of Rotation and Congruence; Chapte 12 Hypersurfaces; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-07435-0

9786612074356

81-224-2700-6

OCLC:

476264150