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I am an Alumni Distinguished Scholar at Michigan State University, studying physics and math.

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Tensors Explained: Beginner’s Essentials for Relativity

January 11, 2023/0 Comments/in FAQs, Physics Articles, Physics FAQs/by Isaac0427

If you try learning general relativity, and sometimes special relativity, on your own, you will undoubtedly run into tensors. This article will outline what tensors are and why they are so important in relativity. To keep things simple and visual, we will start in two dimensions, and in the end, generalize to more dimensions. COORDINATE…

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