On the explicit determination of the polar decomposition in n-dimensional vector spaces

Journal of Elasticity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-169

  Jog, C S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Explicit determination; Polar decomposition; Square roots of tensors

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TENSORS; VECTORS;

SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0036917369     PISSN: 03743535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021253906202     Document Type: Article

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