The document provides equations and definitions relating to vector calculus using Einstein notation for summation. It defines Kronecker delta and Levi-Civita relations, describes operations on scalars, vectors and tensors, defines inner, outer and cross products, and provides basic translations of operators like gradient, divergence and curl into summation notation. It also lists two tautologies using this notation.
The document provides equations and definitions relating to vector calculus using Einstein notation for summation. It defines Kronecker delta and Levi-Civita relations, describes operations on scalars, vectors and tensors, defines inner, outer and cross products, and provides basic translations of operators like gradient, divergence and curl into summation notation. It also lists two tautologies using this notation.
The document provides equations and definitions relating to vector calculus using Einstein notation for summation. It defines Kronecker delta and Levi-Civita relations, describes operations on scalars, vectors and tensors, defines inner, outer and cross products, and provides basic translations of operators like gradient, divergence and curl into summation notation. It also lists two tautologies using this notation.
Vector calculus with Einstein notation quick reference Page 1 of 1
Kronecker Delta and Levi-Civita relations:
δii = 3 δi j δ jk = δik εi jk εi jm = 2δkm εi jk εimn = δ jm δkn − δ jn δkm εi jk εi jk = 6
Scalar, vector, and 2-tensor operations
αv + βu = (αvi + βui ) ei
αA + βB = αAi j + βBi j ei ⊗ e j
vA = (vl el ) A ji e j ⊗ ei = ei δl j vl A ji = ei v j A ji
Av = Ai j ei ⊗ e j (vl el ) = ei δ jl Ai j vl = ei Ai j v j
AB = Ai j ei ⊗ e j Bi j ei ⊗ e j = Ail Bl j ei ⊗ e j tr (AB) = Ai j B ji
A : B = tr AT B = Ai j Bi j
Inner, outer, and cross products:
a · b = ai bi
a ⊗ b = ai b j ei ⊗ e j a × b = εi jk ai b j ek a × b × c = ai b j ci e j − ai bi c j e j = (a · c) b − (a · b) c Basic translations into summation convention: ∇ = ei ∂i Del operator ∆ = ∂i ∂i Laplacian operator, ∇2 = ∇ · ∇ ∇ϕ = ei ∂i ϕ gradient : scalar → vector
∇∇ϕ = ∂i ∂ j ϕ ei ⊗ e j gradient gradient : scalar → tensor
∇u = ∂ j ui ei ⊗ e j gradient : vector → tensor ∇ · u = ∂i u i divergence: vector → scalar