Abstract :
Although a powerful analytical engineering tool, tensor analysis has been supposed by many to be an abstract toy used only by the mathematician and the theoretical physicist. This article, written by a mathematician, is intended to present the rudiments of the subject, and to point the way toward further study and a working knowledge of tensors in engineering. Readers who feel that mathematical subjects cannot be exposed in an entertaining — or even amusing — fashion may find in this article something of a surprise.
