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A..2 Vector notation

Table 2: Vector notation for scalar $s$, vector $\ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$\displaystyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\te...
...}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptstyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}}$, and second-rank tensor $\bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}$.
vector operation description
$s   s \rightarrow s$ product of scalars
$s   \ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$\displaystyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmat...
...}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptstyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}}$ scalar times vector gives vector
$\!  \ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$\displaystyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmat...
...}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptstyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}}$  
$s   \bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}} \rightarrow \bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}$ scalar times tensor gives tensor
$\bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}   s \rightarrow \bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}$  
$\ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$ v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$ v$}}
{\mbox{\b...
...dmath$\scriptstyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}} \rightarrow s$ scalar product of vectors gives scalar
$\ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$ v $}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$ v $}}
{\mbox{...
...ldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}} \rightarrow \bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}$ tensor product of vectors gives tensor
$\bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}   \ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$...
...}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptstyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}}$ tensor times vector gives vector
$ \! \ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$\displaystyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmat...
...boldmath$\scriptstyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}}^\mathrm{T}$ ``scalar product'' of vector and tensor gives ``transposed'' vector
$\bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}   \bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}} \rightarrow \bar{\bar{\ensuremath{\mathsf{T}}}}$ tensor product (``matrix multiplication'')
$\ensuremath{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$ v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$ v$}}
{\mbox{\b...
...tstyle v$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptscriptstyle v$}}} \rightarrow \mathrm{???} $