Divergence of a rank-2 tensor in Einstein summation

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Homework Statement


Hi

When I want to take the divergence of a rank-2 tensor (matrix), then I have to apply the divergence operator to each column. In other words, I get
[tex] \nabla \cdot M = (d_x M_{xx} + d_y M_{yx} + d_zM_{zx}\,\, ,\,\, d_x M_{xy} + d_y M_{yy} + d_zM_{zy}\,\,,\,\, d_x M_{xz} + d_y M_{yz} + d_zM_{zz})[/tex]
How would I write this vector in Einstein summation? Is it correct that it would be
[tex] \partial_i M_{ij}[/tex]
 
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Niles said:

Homework Statement


Hi

When I want to take the divergence of a rank-2 tensor (matrix), then I have to apply the divergence operator to each column. In other words, I get
[tex] \nabla \cdot M = (d_x M_{xx} + d_y M_{yx} + d_zM_{zx}\,\, ,\,\, d_x M_{xy} + d_y M_{yy} + d_zM_{zy}\,\,,\,\, d_x M_{xz} + d_y M_{yz} + d_zM_{zz})[/tex]
How would I write this vector in Einstein summation? Is it correct that it would be
[tex] \partial_i M_{ij}[/tex]

IIRC, yes.

You have three entries, that distinguished by a new j value, since it appears once, and each entry is a summation over i, since it appears twice.