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The name of an element of a vector space <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c025/c025980/c0259801.png" /> in the case when the dual (or conjugate) space (cf. [[Adjoint space|Adjoint space]]) <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c025/c025980/c0259802.png" /> is considered along with <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c025/c025980/c0259803.png" />. The elements of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c025/c025980/c0259804.png" /> are then called covariant vectors (cf. [[Covariant vector|Covariant vector]]).
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The name of an element of a vector space $E$ in the case when the dual (or conjugate) space (cf. [[Adjoint space|Adjoint space]]) $E^*$ is considered along with $E$. The elements of $E^*$ are then called covariant vectors (cf. [[Covariant vector|Covariant vector]]).
  
  

Latest revision as of 12:09, 23 August 2014

The name of an element of a vector space $E$ in the case when the dual (or conjugate) space (cf. Adjoint space) $E^*$ is considered along with $E$. The elements of $E^*$ are then called covariant vectors (cf. Covariant vector).


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The word "vector" or the phrase "contravariant vector" is also used to denote a vector field. Cf. also Tensor on a vector space; Contravariant tensor; Tensor bundle.

How to Cite This Entry:
Contravariant vector. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Contravariant_vector&oldid=33110
This article was adapted from an original article by M.I. Voitsekhovskii (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article