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d
Notation 9.1
Multi-indexes are denoted by bold small letters,
i.e.
,
(
i
1
,
...
,
i
d
)
∈
is denoted by
i
. Furthermore,
the multi-index set n
1
...
n
d
,
induced by
n
¼
(
n
1
,
...
,
n
d
)
,isdenotedby
n
. Given multi-indexes
m
¼ m
1
; ...;
ð
m
d
1
Þ
, n
¼
ð
n
1
; ...;
n
d
2
Þ, their concatenation is denoted by
ð
m
;
n
Þ :¼ m
1
,
ð
...
m
d
1
,
n
1
,
...
,
n
d
2
Þ:
We state the following fundamental operations with tensors:
1. Addition/subtraction
m
m
m
,
R
!
R
R
b
j
j
∈
m
aðÞ
b
j
i
∈
m
:
aðÞ
i
∈
m
;
:¼ a
i
b
j
2. Contraction
Let p
¼
(
p
,
q
), n
¼
(1,
...
,
m
p
1
,
m
p
+1
,
...
,
m
q
1
,
m
q
+1
,
...
,
m
d
)
m
n
!
R
R
0
1
X
a
i
;ðÞ
i
;ð ∈
n
;ðÞ
@
A
aðÞ:¼
a
i
;ðÞ
:
k
∈
p
i
∈
n
3. Inner product
m
m
R
!
R
,
R
:¼
X
i
∈
m
b
j
j
∈
m
b
j
aðÞ
i
∈
m
;
aðÞ;
a
i
b
i
:
4. Outer product (tensor product)
m
n
ð
m
;
n
Þ
,
R
!
R
R
b
j
j
∈
n
aðÞ
b
j
:¼ a
i
b
j
i
;ð ∈
m
aðÞ
i
∈
m
;
Þ
:
ð
;
n
5. Contracted product (multilinear product)
Let m
N
d
1
N
d
2
N
δ
:
∈
n
∈
p
∈
,
,
ð
m, n
Þ
,
ð
m
;
p
Þ
R
n
;ðÞ
!
R
δ
:
R
0
1
X
j
;ð ∈
n
;ðÞ
a
i
;ðÞ
δ
:¼
@
A
i
;ð ∈
m
;
n
a
i,
ðÞ
i
;ð ∈
m
;
p
Þ
;
b
j
;ðÞ
b
j
;ðÞ
a
i
;ð
b
j
;ðÞ
:
ð
k
∈
p
ð
Þ