Apologies, must read email when my brain is working. The deformation
gradient has a covariant index on M and a contravariant index on S. As such
it maps a vector on M to a (deformed m) vector on S i.e., x^i = F^i_J X^J
where F^i_J = \del chi(X^i) / X^J where x  = \chi(X).

On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 at 10:05 PM, Chris Bradley <
chris.patrick.brad...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm new to Sage so forgive me if this is a dumb question but does Sage
> deal with two-point tensors? By this I mean a second order tensor with one
> contravariant index in the tangent space of one manifold and one
> contravariant index in the tangent space of another manifold. The
> particular application is in solid mechanics and is the deformation
> gradient tensor which is given by the derivative of the map between the two
> manifolds i.e., \chi: M -> S where M has chart coordinates X and S has
> chart coordinates x and the deformation gradient tensor is given by F =
> \del \chi/ \del X. All I've managed to find, documentation wise, involves
> creating tensors from the tangent/cotangent space of a single manifold
> rather than a tensor from the tangent space of M and the tangent space of
> S. Thanks in advance.
>
> Best wishes
> Chris
>
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