Theory of Holors: A Generalization of Tensors

by Parry Hiram Moon and Domina Eberle Spencer

Book Overview

The word holor is a term coined by the authors to describe a mathematical entity that is made up of one or more independent quantities, and includes complex numbers, scalars, vectors, matrices, tensors, quaternions, and other hypernumbers. Holors, thus defined, have been known for centuries but each has been developed more or less independently, accompanied by separate nomenclature and theory. This book demonstrates how these complicated subjects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521019001
• ISBN13: 9780521019002
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"