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Cotton tensor

rank-3 tensor defined for a 3d (pseudo-)Riemannian manifold which measures the degree to which it fails to be conformally flat
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Cotton tensor

Summary

Cotton tensor has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • Émile Cotton is named after Cotton tensor[2].
  • Cotton tensor is a type of tensor field[3].
  • Cotton tensor's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[4].

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Definition and Type

Cotton tensor is a type of tensor field[3].

Origins

Émile Cotton is named after Cotton tensor[2].

Why It Matters

Cotton tensor has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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