zero tensor

English

Noun

zero tensor (plural zero tensors)

A tensor with all entries equal to zero; where any pattern of covariant and contravariant indices have all components equal to 0.
A generalization of the zero vector to tensor space.

References

Zero Tensor, Mathworld.
Weinberg 1972, p. 38.

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