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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!tcdcs!maths.tcd.ie!tim
  3. From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
  4. Subject: Re: tensors: How about 3rd, 4th rank?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug22.133504.11548@maths.tcd.ie>
  6. Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
  7. References: <1992Aug20.190041.6215@pellns.alleg.edu> <1992Aug21.230104.15702@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <23972@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
  8. Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 13:35:04 GMT
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  11. More simply, the determinant in n dimensions
  12. corresponds to a tensor of rank n ,
  13. the epsilon tensor $\epsilon_{i_1i_2\dots i_n}$.
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  15. -- 
  16. Timothy Murphy  
  17. e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie
  18. tel: +353-1-2842366
  19. s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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