- Look up
scalar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Scalar may
refer to:
Scalar (mathematics), an
element of a field,
which is used to
define a
vector space...
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physical quantities, such as
speed is to velocity.
Scalars do not
represent a direction.
Scalars are
unaffected by
changes to a
vector space basis (i...
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elements of a
field are
called scalars and
relate to
vectors in an ****ociated
vector space through the
operation of
scalar multiplication (defined in the...
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kinds of
vector spaces based on
different kinds of
scalars: real
numbers and
complex numbers.
Scalars can also be, more generally,
elements of any field...
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Additivity in the vector: c(v + w) = cv + cw;
Compatibility of
product of
scalars with
scalar multiplication: (cd)v = c(dv);
Multiplying by 1 does not
change a...
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change under Lorentz transformations, the
Lorentz scalars remain unchanged. A
simple Lorentz scalar in
Minkowski spacetime is the
spacetime distance ("length"...
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scalars, f ∗ M = Hom R ( S , M ) {\displaystyle f_{*}M=\operatorname {Hom} _{R}(S,M)} , the
coinduced module,
formed by co-extension of
scalars, and...
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different products, the
scalar-valued
scalar triple product and, less often, the vector-valued
vector triple product. The
scalar triple product (also called...
- physics, a
scalar field is a
function ****ociating a
single number to each
point in a
region of
space –
possibly physical space. The
scalar may either...
- In
mathematical physics,
scalar potential describes the
situation where the
difference in the
potential energies of an
object in two
different positions...
