- 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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Scalar quantities or
simply scalars are
physical quantities that can be
described by a
single pure
number (a
scalar,
typically a real number), accompanied...
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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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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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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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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...
- In
mathematical physics,
scalar potential describes the
situation where the
difference in the
potential energies of an
object in two
different positions...
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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...
- Newman–Penrose (NP)
formalism of
general relativity, Weyl
scalars refer to a set of five
complex scalars { Ψ 0 , Ψ 1 , Ψ 2 , Ψ 3 , Ψ 4 } {\displaystyle \{\Psi...
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context of
applications to
general relativity, the
Kretschmann scalar is a
quadratic scalar invariant. It was
introduced by
Erich Kretschmann. The Kretschmann...
