Title Tensors for Physics Author(s) Hess, Siegfried Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. Description XVII, 440 p. 55 illus : online resource Abstract Note This book presents the science of tensors in a didactic way. The various types and ranks of tensors and the physical basis is presented. Cartesian Tensors are needed for the description of directional phenomena in many branches of physics and for the characterization the anisotropy of material properties. The first sections of the book provide an introduction to the vector and tensor algebra and analysis, with applications to physics,?? at undergraduate level. Second rank tensors, in particular their symmetries, are discussed in detail. Differentiation and integration of fields, including generalizations of the Stokes law and the Gauss theorem, are treated. The physics relevant for the applications in mechanics, quantum mechanics, electrodynamics and hydrodynamics is presented. The second part of the book is devoted to?? tensors of any rank, at graduate level.?? Special topics are irreducible, i.e. symmetric traceless tensors, isotropic tensors, multipole potential tensors, spin tensors, integration and spin-trace formulas, coupling of irreducible tensors, rotation of tensors. Constitutive laws for optical, elastic and viscous properties of anisotropic media are dealt with.?? The anisotropic media include crystals, liquid crystals and isotropic fluids, rendered anisotropic?? by external orienting fields. The dynamics of tensors deals with phenomena of current research.?? In the last section,?? the 3D Maxwell equations are reformulated in their 4D version,?? in accord with special relativity ISBN,Price 9783319127873 Keyword(s) 1. Amorphous substances 2. APPLIED MATHEMATICS 3. Complex fluids 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 7. Mathematical and Computational Engineering 8. Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences 9. Mathematical Methods in Physics 10. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 11. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 12. PHYSICS 13. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I05578     On Shelf