Do tensor waves exist and what are their uses?

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desA

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Oct 3, 2006

Does the term 'Tensor Waves' exist, & if so, does anyone have any useful links to the definition, & the use of such phenomena?

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Parlyne

Oct 4, 2006

I've never heard the term. However, there certainly can be propagating wave modes of tensors. For example, gravitational waves are propagating perturbations of the metric tensor.

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