Tensors and Lorentz Transformations

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Covers stress components, tensor transformation, and invariants in continuum mechanics.

Covers the equation of motion for a relativistic charged particle and Lorentz transformations, along with tensors and electrodynamics.

Explores contravariant and covariant tensors, Maxwell field strength, and Lorentz invariance in linear transformations and metric properties.

Covers the main points of special relativity, including symmetries, transformations, 4-vectors, Maxwell equations, and proper time.

Explores Maxwell equations, Minkowski spacetime, Lorentz transformations, charge conservation, and spacetime structure in physics.

Introduces Christoffel symbols and gravity concepts before Einstein, discussing mathematical tensors and the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Covers linear pressure vessels and the basics of differential geometry of surfaces, including covariant and contravariant base vectors.

Covers linear and membrane theories of pressure vessels, differential geometry of surfaces, and the reduction of dimensionality from 3D to 2D.

Explores Lorentz transformations, boosts, and symmetries in Newtonian mechanics.

Covers tensor analysis for arbitrary coordinate systems and introduces Christoffel symbols.