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Symmetric and antisymmetric tensors play important roles in Mathematics and applications. Here, we consider some relevant aspects of these special tensors.
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Exactly as in the case of the scalar product of two vectors, it proves useful to introduce two different notations for the vector product of two vectors.
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Shapiro, I.L. (2019). Symmetric, Skew(Anti) Symmetric Tensors, and Determinants. In: A Primer in Tensor Analysis and Relativity. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26895-4_3
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