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MAT 351 - Introduction to Vector and Tensor Analysis


Scalar and vector fields; Newtonian kinematics and Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. Gradient, divergence, and curl; the theorems of Green, Stokes, and Gauss; curvilinear coordinates; contravariant and covariant tensors; absolute derivative of a tensor field; geodesics; Riemannian curvature.

Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 228.

Credits: 3