Introduction To Mathematics of General Relativity - Nontensors

Nontensors

See also: Pseudotensor

A nontensor is a tensor-like quantity that behaves like a tensor in the raising and lowering of indices, but that does not transform like a tensor under a coordinate transformation. For example, Christoffel symbols cannot be tensors themselves if the coordinates don't change in a linear way.

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