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A convention for writing in a condensed form (without the summation symbol ) a finite sum in which every term contains the summation index twice: once as an upper, and once as a lower index. Thus, the sums and are written in the form and , respectively; here . The requirement that the indices should be written on different levels is sometimes dropped.

This rule was proposed by A. Einstein (1916).


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Also called the Einstein (summation) convention or simply the summation convention. It is mainly used in physics and differential geometry.

How to Cite This Entry:
Einstein rule. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Einstein_rule&oldid=11443
This article was adapted from an original article by L.P. Kuptsov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article