A book on tensors like Linear Algebra by Friedberg et al.

[vancouver_water]

Hi, I am looking for a book that explains tensors and builds a working knowledge of tensors, like the book Linear Algebra by Friedberg Insel and Spence, which I thought explained things very well (if you haven't heard of it, its an intro. book on linear algebra). Thanks!

 

[Geofleur]

You might find A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors, by Daniel Fleisch, helpful. I haven't read this book, but his other one on Maxwell's equations (in the same series) is great.

 

[vancouver_water]

Thanks for the suggestion! I actually have A Student's Guide to Lagrangians and Hamiltonians which is by a different author but is still really good

 

[Fredrik]

"Linear algebra done wrong" by Sergei Treil is an even better introduction to linear algebra. It has a chapter on tensors. And it's available for free online. http://www.math.brown.edu/~treil/papers/LADW/LADW.html

If you want something even easier to get you started, I recommend chapter 3 in "A first course in general relativity" by Bernard Schutz.