Pseudotensor
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pseudotensor-218-1311556
title:
Pseudotensor
text:
In physics and mathematics, a pseudotensor is usually a quantity that transforms like a tensor under an orientation-preserving coordinate transformation but additionally changes sign under an orientation-reversing coordinate transformation, which is a transformation that can be expressed as a proper rotation followed by reflection. This is a generalization of a pseudovector. To evaluate a tensor or pseudotensor sign, it has to be contracted with some vectors, as many as its rank is, belonging to
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Type of physical quantity
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotensor
date created:
2005-02-01T10:32:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T07:09:15Z
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