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What is a tensor and why should I care? - Blog
December 09, 2019Over time, the definition of a tensor has varied across communities from mathematics to quantum physics. Lately, it has joined the machine learning community's lexicon. If you search the web for the definition of a tensor, you will likely be overwhelmed by the varying explanations and heated discussions. In 1900, Gregorio Ricci Curbastro and his student Tullio Levi-Civita first published their theory of tensor calculus, which is also known as absolute differential calculus.