> My odd-order tensor rule works in this way:
> A_{ijk} = A_{ikj}, or, A_{i(jk)} = A_{i(kj)}.
>
> Which is the same as the rank-two (++even-order) tensor rule if we
> blissfully ignore the first index.Is this a widely used notion in physics? Where is it used? Note that I am not opposed if you wanted to implement this, I just want to make sure we have the semantics right. > The real problem, I guess, is that I can not multiple a SymmetricTensor > with a Tensor (apparently). Otherwise I may be happy enough to do: > SymmetricTensor<1,dim> * Tensor<3,dim>. Did you mean SymmetricTensor<**2**,dim> * Tensor<3,dim>? If so, would the product be a contraction over indices, or an outer product? Best W. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolfgang Bangerth email: [email protected] www: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~bangerth/ _______________________________________________ dealii mailing list http://poisson.dealii.org/mailman/listinfo/dealii
