what is the difference between vector and tensor?
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Answer / sayee
Tensors are simply arrays of numbers, or functions, that
transform according to certain rules under a change of
coordinates.
Scalars and vectors are tensors of order 0 and 1
respectively. So a vector is a type of tensor. An example
of a tensor of order 2 is an inertia matrix.
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Answer / govind nair
though all tensors of order 2 are vectors all vectors need
not be a tensor
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Answer / surya
vector contains magnitude and directoin while tensor have
no dirn&magnitude.
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