Here is a question from Osezua Ibhadode. Obviously Osezua has not yet read my response to Taiwo Atinsola. Despite that, I have given a full response which, if added to what I already posted in my response to Taiwo, ought to clear his issues. I want to encourage you to learn to type your questions properly. The equations editor in MS Word is what I use to set all my responses to the class. I also use it in preparing my notes. It is a good practice to start learning . . .

Here is the detail of the Q&A with Osezua

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The question asked by Olugbenga here is quite elementary. I am answering it in full because he may not be the only one struggling with this concept even though I have explained it on several occasions in class and in my notes. It is about the fundamental issue of a product of a symmetric quantity and an anti-symmetric one. If you don’t fully grasp this, you may get some assistance from the explanation provided here:

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See the way a student posed his question to me. The answer will improve my notes and help other students:

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I want to encourage other students to ask your questions in this way. We can learn even much more outside the classroom than inside it. The internet facilities at our disposal make knowledge transmission easy! More comments please!

I am posting below, 50 solutions in Tensor Calculus for you top prepare for your test. Tests and exams will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). They will fully test your knowledge. If you go through the worked examples I have been supplying you within the slides and on this blog, you shall be adequately prepared. If you want to try me, wait until I administer the tests. There will usually be opportunities for repeating a test – either because you missed a previous test or because you want a better grade. I will most usually oblige you. If you want my advice, This is it: Prepare by working through the examples I have supplied. Meanwhile, here are 50 examples – Enjoy!

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Here is the addition to the slides you have starting from page 73 of the slides you have on Tensor Calculus. It served as our introduction to the lecture this morning.

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I hope the class today was a bit clearer. Let me have your comments here.

James Ebhabha wrote on the scalar triple product of the base vectors. Here is my response:

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Please let me have a feedback on this post. Students who want to discuss details can send me their fully typeset comments using the Microsoft equations editor through my email address. I will paste their questions with my response on this page so to benefit other students.

Here are the slides on Tensor Calculus

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Hello Taiwo,

You made a valiant effort to obtain the component representation of the third invariant of the second-order tensor. You are generally on the right track but you did not express the scalar product completely in the component form as you should have done. Since a scalar triple product is a scalar, you should be able to express it completely without any vector basis. I have decided to work it out fully for the class and my notes from now on will carry the explanation I am supplying below:

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This should provide a complete answer to what you were trying to do. If you have further questions, please comment below.

Home work 2 solutions are as follows:

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