On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:07:14PM -0600, Roger Critchlow wrote:
> Working from the context, I'd guess: the tensor product between the
> components <i>dx<sup>a</sup></i> and <i>dx<sup>b</sup></i>of the stress
> energy tensor <i>T<sub>ab</sub></i>, but I've never been too sure about
> tensors.
> 

Not a tensor product, but an exterior product. It's somewhat related to
a cross product of two 3D vectors.

Cheers


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