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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
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
@
A i ;ð ∈ m ; n
a i, ðÞ i ;ð ∈ m ; p
Þ ;
b j ;ðÞ
b j ;ðÞ
a i b j ;ðÞ
:
ð
k p
ð
Þ
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