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Finnbar says: I used to know a guy who tattooed LOVE across his left knuckles, but didn't tattoo HATE on the other knuckles because he was right-handed and realised he couldn't finish. Ever run out of skills or inspiration halfway through a job?

(, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 13:32)
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Well,
They both define the transformed components as linear combinations of the original components, in the contravariant case the coefficients are the partials of the new coordinates with respect to the old, whereas in the covariant case the coefficients are the partials of the old coefficients with respect to the new.

Simples.
(, Sat 26 Jun 2010, 19:24, Reply)

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