The development of tensor calculus. From absolute differential calculus to relativity

zbMath0820.01009MaRDI QIDQ1345407

Karin Reich

Publication date: 5 March 1995

Published in: Science Networks. Historical Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

elasticityinvariant theoryvector spacesquaternion algebracrystallographydifferential invariantsEinstein's relativity theoryabsolute differential calculusspecial and general relativity theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of differential geometry (53-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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