Engineering Asked on December 2, 2020
If we multiply the identity matrix by any vector or a matrix, then the result is the vector or the matrix themselves (like a mirror).
Tensors represent physical quantities, so if it wasn’t a physical quantity then it is not a tensor. Right?
What about identity matrix, is it considered to be a tensor? Maybe not because it is an operation not a physical quantity. But there is a tensor that represents it which is the Kronecker delta.
Is the information that I wrote true? I’m trying to understand more about tensors.
The way I understand it as an engineer, not a mathematician:
A second order tensor has the form of a 2-d matrix. The identity matrix is a 2-d matrix with specific values. Under certain circumstances, the identity matrix can represent a 2d order tensor.
Since, the above won't answer your question about understanding what a tensor I would suggest the following two links as starting points (if you haven't followed them already):
Answered by NMech on December 2, 2020
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