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How closely is this related to Penrose's graphical tensor notation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_graphical_notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penr
by Myrmornis 9y ago
How closely is this related to Penrose's graphical tensor notation?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_graphical_notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_graphical_notation
- letlambda 9y agoI think the major difference is this notation has the count of loose wires corresponding to dimension, and Penrose notation has the count of loose wires corresponding to tensor valence. Here, a diagram with 1L and 2R wires corresponds to a 2d-vector, in Penrose's notation it would correspond to a (1,2) tensor that takes kd-vectors to kXk matrices. But... they certainly have a similar feel. I wonder if you could build up the Penrose notation out of this.