Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 1989, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (1): 93-101.

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CANONICAL REPRESENTATIONS AND DEGREE OF FREEDOM FORMULAE OF ORTHOGONAL TENSORS IN N-DIMENSIONAL EUCLIDEAN SPACE

Xiong Zhu-hua1,2, Zheng Quan-shui1   

  1. 1. Hunan University, Changsha;
    2. Jiangxi Polytechnic University, Nanchang
  • Received:1987-07-11 Online:1989-01-18 Published:1989-01-18

Abstract: In this paper, with the help of the eigenvalue properties of orthogonal tensors in n-dimensional Euclidean space and the representations of the orthogonal tensors in 2-dimensional space, the canonical representations of orthogonal tensors in n-dimensional Euclidean space are easily gotten. The paper also gives all the constraint relationships among the principal invariants of arbitrarily given orthogonal tensor by use of Cayley-Hamilton theorem; these results make it possible to solve all the eigenvalues of any orthogonal tensor based on a quite reduced equation of m-th order, where m is the integer part of n/2. Finally, the formulae of the degree of freedom of orthogonal tensors are given.

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