Natural operators on tensor fields

E. G. Puninskiy

Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Matematika, mehanika, no. 5 (2014), pp. 58-62

Résumé

In this paper we classify natural operators on tensor fields of different types. We abstain from any assumptions such as symmetry or additional structures and consider arbitrary tensor fields.

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