International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume D
Physical properties of crystals
Edited by A. Authier

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. D. ch. 1.1, p. 10

Section 1.1.3.8.2. Generalization

A. Authiera*

a Institut de Minéralogie et de la Physique des Milieux Condensés, Bâtiment 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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1.1.3.8.2. Generalization

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Consider a field of tensors [t\hskip1pt^{j}_{i}] that are functions of space variables. In a change of coordinate system, one has [t\hskip1pt^j_{i}= A^\alpha _{i}B^j_{\beta } t'^{\beta }_{\alpha }.]Differentiate with respect to [x^{k}]: [\eqalignno{{\partial t\hskip1pt^j_{i}\over \partial x^{k}} = \partial _{k}t\hskip1pt^j_{i} & = A^\alpha_{i}B^j_{\beta } {\partial t'^{\beta}_{\alpha }\over\partial x'^{\gamma }}{\partial x'^{\gamma }\over \partial x^{k}} &\cr \partial _{k}t\hskip1pt^j_{i} & =A^\alpha_{i}B^j_{\beta }A^\gamma_{k}\partial _{\gamma }t'^{\beta}_{\alpha }. &\cr}]It can be seen that the partial derivatives [\partial _{k}t\hskip1pt^j_{i}] behave under a change of axes like a tensor of rank 3 whose covariance has been increased by 1 with respect to that of the tensor [t\hskip1pt^j_{i}]. It is therefore possible to introduce a tensor of rank 1, [{\boldnabla}] (nabla), of which the components are the operators given by the partial derivatives [\partial /\partial x^{i}].








































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