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Noun Concept
Categories: Differential geometry, Concepts in physics, Tensors, Metric tensors, Riemannian geometry
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metric tensor  Covariant metric tensor  Relativistic metric
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In the mathematical field of differential geometry, a metric tensor is an additional structure on a manifold M that allows defining distances and angles, just as the inner product on a Euclidean space allows defining distances and angles there. Wikipedia
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In the mathematical field of differential geometry, a metric tensor is an additional structure on a manifold M that allows defining distances and angles, just as the inner product on a Euclidean space allows defining distances and angles there. Wikipedia
A type of function defined on a manifold, and a generalization of the dot product Wikipedia Disambiguation
Symmetric rank tensor field on a smooth manifold Wikidata
IS A
symmetric tensor
physical quantity
PART OF
Berger's sphere
Riemannian manifold
HAS KIND
Poincaré metric
Gödel metric
induced metric
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metric tensor
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metric tensor
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Covariant metric tensor, Relativistic metric

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