Visualization of tensors - part 1

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  • čas přidán 21. 12. 2022
  • This video visualizes tensors. It shows some introduction to tensor theory and demonstrates it with the Cauchy stress tensor.
    Future parts of this series will show more theory and more examples.
    It talks about the term 'tensor' as used in physics and math. In the field of AI the term 'tensor' was borrowed with a simplified meaning. In AI it simply means a multi-dimensional array. So for example the array "double a[4][6]" (4 by 6 matrix of doubles) is called a second-order tensor, but there's no special relationship to vector spaces, as shown in the video.

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  • @jamierbb
    @jamierbb Před rokem +466

    Time to get smart on a Thursday morning.

    • @Neerzzz
      @Neerzzz Před rokem +8

      Here its 21:32

    • @bryanb2653
      @bryanb2653 Před rokem +5

      Big learn

    • @corrompido7680
      @corrompido7680 Před rokem +5

      why of course
      the first coment I see in a completely random maths-physics video is one with homestuck pfp
      sure why not

    • @Aecor
      @Aecor Před rokem +1

      Friday baby

    • @justanotherguy469
      @justanotherguy469 Před rokem +1

      2:10 a.m. Fri. morning. Lovin it!

  • @HitAndMissLab
    @HitAndMissLab Před rokem +236

    This explanation with red and blue spaces is so good.
    It takes usually a whole year of studying to reach this level of intuition, and this video does it all in 10 minutes.
    Thanks for making the effort!

    • @Kumurajiva
      @Kumurajiva Před rokem +7

      This is why pure math is simpler than physics, or applied math.

    • @gulamm1
      @gulamm1 Před 12 dny

      Pure math may be simpler but how it is applied to understand physical phenomena is more important.

  • @Phi1618033
    @Phi1618033 Před 2 měsíci +35

    Finally, a proper explanation in plain English. Been trying to wrap my head around this for over a year now.

  • @sethhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    @sethhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Před rokem +343

    This is a wonderful introduction!! This past semester, I took linear algebra and differential equations. Tensors were hiding in the background, as boogeymen that our teacher warned us we would come across later.
    Your visualizations were both beautiful and clear. Excited for the rest of the series!! :)

    • @bencrossley647
      @bencrossley647 Před rokem +4

      Worth sharing with your lecturer. They often appreciate a good resource!

    • @juniorcyans2988
      @juniorcyans2988 Před rokem +2

      Oh I’m gonna take differential equations this coming semester and linear algebra next semester. This is the first video I watched in 2023! I was wondering where I would encounter tensor, then you leaked a hint😂

    • @bobbwc7011
      @bobbwc7011 Před rokem +8

      Tensors are like John Wick ...it's not just the boogeyman, it's the thing you sent to kill the fucking boogeyman.
      Also, this is a very "accessible" introduction via physics and engineering. I've had a mathematician as professor when I took tensor calculus as a university-level engineering scientist.
      An absolute nightmare because the first half of the semester was pure mathematics, tensorproduct, tensor bundles, blargh, and only after a Guantanamo-level of torture - when you had gone blind from all the superscript and subscript indexes - the "practical" stuff started to show itself on the horizon.
      That class "Tensorrechnung and Tensoranalysis für Ingenieure" / "tensor algebra and tensor calculus for engineers" was my happiest 3.0 ("satisfactory", C) ever and I was the third best in class with that result LOL (such results used to be normality at German universities in the old pre-Bologna system).
      Sometimes mathematicians are simply evil people. :D

    • @-danR
      @-danR Před 10 měsíci

      This video is the natural second step after Dan (no relation) Fleisch's video introduction to tensors.

    • @timothyjohnson1511
      @timothyjohnson1511 Před 4 měsíci

      Thank you for presenting in dark mode, easy on the eyes. Looking for dark mode presentations of electrodynamics with dipole radiation, and accelerating charge.

  • @scene2much
    @scene2much Před rokem +54

    I've been trying to get a PERFECT understanding of Tensors for decades.... this was Wonderful!

  • @davidgoldgruber8541
    @davidgoldgruber8541 Před rokem +145

    Best and most compact explanation/visualization of the Cauchy stress tensor I have seen so far. Wish this video had existed a few years ago when I studied the topic at uni.

    • @not2tired
      @not2tired Před měsícem

      Studying stress tensors at unicycle!

  • @yousefamar288
    @yousefamar288 Před rokem +17

    as an engineering student those 12 minutes here have more blessing than a 4 month course of my engineering program in university. Just Perfect

  • @mikip3242
    @mikip3242 Před rokem +133

    Finally!!! Someone in CZcams decides to make the concepto of Tensor easier and meaningful to mortals.

    • @justanotherguy469
      @justanotherguy469 Před rokem +12

      You know, I was just thinking the same thing, but then it dawned on me that most mortals do not even know what a scalar is.

    • @anjanavabiswas8835
      @anjanavabiswas8835 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@justanotherguy469 Fair enough.

  • @user-yi7hl8tt2w
    @user-yi7hl8tt2w Před 2 měsíci +9

    This is the world's easiest explanation of tensors. I wanted to see it when I was a college student over 30 years ago.

  • @dialectphilosophy
    @dialectphilosophy Před rokem +17

    Most intuitive and simple explanation of a tensor you can come across on CZcams!

  • @visualchallenge2413
    @visualchallenge2413 Před rokem +35

    It is amazing what you can learn in 12 minutes ! I have no use for this information but I watched this video in order to get rid of the mystification about this subject that bothered me for more than 30 years. Thank you for this great effort of explanation.

  • @yevgeniygorbachev5152
    @yevgeniygorbachev5152 Před rokem +27

    I'm working through the Eigenchris series right now, and I'm really excited to see other math/physics youtubers take a crack at it.

    • @cykkm
      @cykkm Před rokem +4

      Eigenchris' lectures are amazing! He disposes with a few common conventions, both in notation (simply AB instead of common A⊗B); and, especially important, coordinate conventions (he doesn't normalize the unit in the direction of θ by 1/r), which makes their action the same as that of partial derivative. They _are_ PD's! The first time I saw that, I thought, wowzers, why do the most textbooks manage to kill this correspondence, so natural? First by tearing the 1/r out of the object, then sticky-taping it to it, because from now on you're bound to carry them together. And they don't mean anything anymore...

    • @justanotherguy469
      @justanotherguy469 Před rokem +3

      He is amazing and very detailed.

    • @Oxygenationatom
      @Oxygenationatom Před měsícem

      ?

  • @AlexBesogonov
    @AlexBesogonov Před rokem +7

    This is the best introduction I've seen! People typically try to introduce tensors from the other direction, from the abstract side, and only at the end moving to matrix representation.

  • @adamb7088
    @adamb7088 Před rokem +5

    OMG!! I do believe I now know how important it is to calculate the Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a tensor field. Thanks.

  • @gabitheancient7664
    @gabitheancient7664 Před rokem +3

    you have no idea how good I feel seeing the springs moving with that specific sound, pls never abandon this sound, I need it together with springs, springs are so much cooler with this sound added

  • @pianojay5146
    @pianojay5146 Před rokem +9

    came for tensor, staying for stunning visuals for material mechanics! great job!

  • @christopherneufelt8971
    @christopherneufelt8971 Před rokem +7

    Did you have enough? Are you happy? Finished? I am ready to have tears in my eyes, this is probably the best description of a complicated subject that I ever seen. Really beautifully made with clarity and insight. Bravo, bravo.

  • @apoorvmishra6992
    @apoorvmishra6992 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Eagerly waiting for part 2 buddy....

  • @rantorakoto8785
    @rantorakoto8785 Před rokem +24

    From the bottom of my heart, thank you 😭❤️ you simply did an amazing work. I've been unsuccessfully trying to understand this for 3 years, I eventually dropped out and just moved forward using tensors without having any idea of what it really is, but now, thanks to you, after 11 minutes, It's finally clear to me, so thank you very much.

    • @mathscottage5785
      @mathscottage5785 Před 9 měsíci

      Exactly 💯💯💯💯...just amazing...no words...Bravo Bravo......

  • @t3db0t97
    @t3db0t97 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Of all the videos I have watched on tensors, this is the first time I've *actually* understood them. Outstanding work!

  • @laurenwrubleski7204
    @laurenwrubleski7204 Před rokem +8

    I've been looking for a good explanation of tensors for years! I'm so excited for the rest of this series!!

  • @IAmNotARobotPinkySwear
    @IAmNotARobotPinkySwear Před 5 měsíci +3

    This is like discovering the holy grail of explanation videos.
    Saved, and I'm gonna download an offline copy just in case.
    Thank you so much, subscribed.

  • @adrian_sp6def
    @adrian_sp6def Před rokem +3

    The shortest and best vid aboud tensors! I really love short and compact videos like this. I do not have enough time on my life to watch >10min videos. In this video there is only knowledge without unnecessery staff around. BIG THANKS!

  • @eqwerewrqwerqre
    @eqwerewrqwerqre Před rokem +7

    Pleaaasseee pleaaasssee post more of this series. There's such a lack of intelligible introductions to tensors on the internet. I've seen eigenchris's videos too and I think this is the best possible addition to his work as it approaches from an entirely different angle (visualization) and is extremely valuable to me. I would be eager to see why EM tensors are antisymmetric or really any continuation of this series, this was a great video. I've subscribed in the hopes of more

  • @joejoejoe3
    @joejoejoe3 Před rokem +8

    At the end of my Calc III course a few weeks back I randomly stumped upon the idea of a tensor (namely trying to figure out if ∇𝐅 was meaningful,) so this couldn't have come out a better time. Definitely going to keep up with the series!

  • @evancarpenter
    @evancarpenter Před rokem +2

    Holy smokes, this is the explanation that’s making it click for me
    After years of hearing how it’s a map and invariant and all the other things, seeing the relationship between the two spaces and exploring the relationship between the components helps a lot, incredible video!

  • @michaelblankenau6598
    @michaelblankenau6598 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Very well explained . Making clear what the geniuses have always understood .

  • @avocado1998
    @avocado1998 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Best video I've ever watched. So clearly explained and the 3D visualisation is incredibly helpful when you're trying to learn this stuff. It's so hard to learn this just on paper in 2D without animations.

  • @billvvoods
    @billvvoods Před rokem +1

    Awesome visuals and explanations. This is the video I’ve been waiting for all my life. Thanks for producing this.

  • @wanderrodrigues499
    @wanderrodrigues499 Před rokem +1

    Didática excelente! Vou assistir todos os vídeos do canal!

  • @justanotherguy469
    @justanotherguy469 Před rokem +7

    Great video. It elevates my understanding of tensors to the level of intuition. Love your graphical presentation.

  • @LucyHealthy97
    @LucyHealthy97 Před rokem +2

    You have a beautiful brain! I feel so excited to watch your video. Please post visualization of tensors - part 2. I'm waiting for it

  • @DrDeuteron
    @DrDeuteron Před 5 měsíci +2

    Great video for engineers. If you move beyond vector a arrows, and say, replace “Z” with cosine theta, then vectors are the things that can be rotated amongst themselves, and require a 360 degree rotation to remain unchanged. There are 3 of them.
    Rank 2 tensors are such things that require 180 deg. There are five of them.
    Rank 3 require 120 degrees, there are 7 of them.
    Keep going, and you have the spherical harmonics, which are a great way to visualize tensors, since you can draw them.
    Btw: the reason we even care about vectors and tensors is exactly these property under rotation, and ps: there are things that require 720 degrees of rotation to be unchanged. Hint: there are 2 of them.

  • @sumairahmad9464
    @sumairahmad9464 Před rokem +31

    Freaking amazing bro. Much appreciated. Can't thank you enough for taking the time out to make this for us!

  • @tedsheridan8725
    @tedsheridan8725 Před rokem +6

    Very cool video. Even after taking two classes involving tensors (years ago), I never fully got them. This was very easy to understand naturally.

  • @kimchi_taco
    @kimchi_taco Před rokem +2

    holy cow. I realized I didn't understand tensor in my Physics degree. Brilliant work! Thanks!

  • @fitness60plus52
    @fitness60plus52 Před 7 měsíci +1

    you know what? this is the first video ever (among zillions) that made me grasp what a tensor is about. 👍👌

  • @IoldxmanI
    @IoldxmanI Před rokem +2

    This is the best explanation I have come across. Please release the second part.

  • @dank3k
    @dank3k Před rokem +8

    This is beyond cool. Please continue with the series!

  • @timothywelk3244
    @timothywelk3244 Před 4 měsíci +2

    This is incredible. I wish I had your CZcams page when I was in college.

  • @alexandreboulch5455
    @alexandreboulch5455 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Best video on the stress tensor I’ve seen so far. Thanks!

  • @tim40gabby25
    @tim40gabby25 Před rokem +7

    Hi. As a complete curious amateur, this was perfectly clear. Well done.

  • @marcfruchtman9473
    @marcfruchtman9473 Před rokem +3

    Incredible visualization. Thank you for making this video.

  • @gparizoto
    @gparizoto Před rokem +4

    Beautiful physical interpretation of tensors, keep doing this great job!

  • @davidjones5319
    @davidjones5319 Před rokem +1

    Excellent. Best intro to the concept of tensors I’ve seen. Very helpful

  • @enricolucarelli816
    @enricolucarelli816 Před rokem +3

    Superb. This is the kind of videos that expand my mind. 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @DevRajyaguru-lx8pi
    @DevRajyaguru-lx8pi Před rokem +2

    Best explanation of the tensors I found After years, Thank you so much!

  • @kalpitkatpara2720
    @kalpitkatpara2720 Před 8 měsíci +1

    My mind is completely blown by your explanation!!! amazing work! you are a real gem to humanity! 💕✌✌👍👍

  • @thomaschiesa8202
    @thomaschiesa8202 Před rokem +2

    This deserves a standing ovation, a masterfully excellent video!!!

  • @Ammar2b
    @Ammar2b Před rokem +1

    that's one of the greatest videos on CZcams for mechanical engineers!
    Thank you

  • @robocop30301
    @robocop30301 Před rokem +3

    This is the greatest video that was ever made.

  • @Rodrigoviverosa
    @Rodrigoviverosa Před 2 měsíci +2

    FINALLY I understand Tensors, after 10 years of gratuation and all day watching ton of videos on YT haha, thanks!!!

  • @khajiit92
    @khajiit92 Před rokem +2

    always struggled with understanding tensors and this is the first one that's making it click, thanks so much!

  • @patrick1532
    @patrick1532 Před rokem +2

    4:24 Ugh, dude, I had to figure this out for myself when I took a mechanical design course in school. Prof just jumped straight into doing problems without explaining anything about what she was doing. Glad my understanding of it has been validated though.

  • @alfahad7433
    @alfahad7433 Před 10 měsíci +1

    awesome! awesome! awesome! For the first time I understood the topic a bit. Please continue the series as I believe that there are a huge number of students feeling like me...🙏🙏🙏

  • @KalebPeters99
    @KalebPeters99 Před rokem +1

    This is such a remarkable introduction. Bravo 👏👏👏

  • @Midazc
    @Midazc Před 6 měsíci +1

    Such a clean, concise explanation and visualization. Well done!

  • @StefanosZormpas
    @StefanosZormpas Před 5 měsíci +1

    the Chinese say "a picture, a thousand words" and I say "a video of yours, five years of university". My congratulations, keep up the excellent work

  • @matthewgrindstaff4661
    @matthewgrindstaff4661 Před rokem +1

    This is the tensor visualization I have been waiting for. Thanks!

  • @megri3441
    @megri3441 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for this excellent demonstration. I'm able to imagine how machine learning models learn from the data. It was looking like a magical mystrious for me.

  • @fbkintanar
    @fbkintanar Před rokem +1

    Nice visualization, it makes the details a lot more memorable.

  • @jaygokhale2133
    @jaygokhale2133 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Really high-quality explanation. Thanks!

  • @vanderkarl3927
    @vanderkarl3927 Před rokem +2

    I don't know why I wasn't subscribed before considering I watched and enjoyed all the halting problem and Bell Inequalities related videos!

  • @rudypieplenbosch6752
    @rudypieplenbosch6752 Před rokem +7

    This is very interesting, especially seeing electromagnetism as a tensor.

  • @franb6789
    @franb6789 Před rokem +1

    Great explanation and demonstration. Visualization is key to understanding.

  • @Lleruelu
    @Lleruelu Před 10 měsíci

    FANTASTIC INTRO!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

  • @BernardoMartins_
    @BernardoMartins_ Před měsícem

    Beautiful clarity. Masterpiece.

  • @maximpavlov5379
    @maximpavlov5379 Před rokem +1

    A very intersting and comprehensive explanation!

  • @ale8088
    @ale8088 Před rokem +1

    Wow! Thanks a lot for this valuable content Sir!
    "2 vector spaces" related together by a correspondence between "label", the weighted raw combination of the matrix to obtain the vector that acts
    on a particular inclined slice (matrix product: namely a linear transformation) and
    the example of the sphere, where every direction in the first space have a realted direction in the second space,
    make finally reasonable understand why, in abstract math, tensors are defined directly like linear map between dual spaces.
    Whith only a table of 9 number (6 due to simmetry of this pshysic problem) it is possible to manage any slice no matter its orientation.
    Obvious: only if we assume hypothesis of linearity is true (and locally it is).
    If we think about this, it results amazing how mr Cauchy, a great Franch engeneer, in middle of 1800, realized all those ideas
    without linear algebra, rather founding linear algebra itself and matrix calculus.

  • @bassamxp
    @bassamxp Před rokem +1

    This is totally magnificent ... thank you. I'll make sure my students follow this video and the channel

  • @LuisGarcia1992_
    @LuisGarcia1992_ Před rokem +1

    Most excellent explanations and visualization!!

  • @Songvbm
    @Songvbm Před rokem +2

    Definitely a valuable video tutorial for me. My request to the uploader is to provide the visualization of "tensors applied in the domain of Statistics & ML", if possible. Thank you.

  • @sudonim7552
    @sudonim7552 Před rokem +1

    As an engineering major who has seen this math in many structures classes, but it's always been presented as simply a matrix representation of a system of linear equations. I've never realized that I was using tensors before.

  • @rktiwa
    @rktiwa Před 2 měsíci +1

    Missed it by as many as 50 years!

  • @floppy8568
    @floppy8568 Před rokem +1

    I'm excited for part 2! You make great anumations! Keep it up!

  • @rohan.fernando
    @rohan.fernando Před rokem +1

    Excellent visualisation and clear explanation.

  • @jeremiahvanhook1114
    @jeremiahvanhook1114 Před rokem +16

    Visualization is such a key component of understanding all mathematical concepts. Part 2 PaRt 2 PART 2!!!!

  • @joserodrigomorenolopez6651

    Excelent video, makes visual everything that needs to be visualized. Congrats

  • @tf2excession
    @tf2excession Před rokem +1

    This is an incredible video, I see so many people have struggles with tensors & change of basis. If you can bring in some intuition for the universal property as well, this will be the single canonical series to explain them

  • @gorgolyt
    @gorgolyt Před 5 měsíci +1

    Great explanation, fantastic work.

  • @gomdangdang
    @gomdangdang Před rokem +1

    You are amazing. I heard that tensor is the object which does not depend on change of coordinate. Now it is somehow clear to me, but I am really looking forward to the next video. Thank you!!

  • @dakkumar
    @dakkumar Před rokem +1

    Very well done Udi! Thank you!

  • @tfairfield42
    @tfairfield42 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Can't wait for part 2!

  • @najahsaeed2006
    @najahsaeed2006 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much for the great effort in this video, all the best, and keep it up

  • @MCSteve_
    @MCSteve_ Před rokem +5

    I imagine you can find the the new coordinate system with no apparent matrix sheering by figuring out the eigenvectors.
    Also with that anti-symmetric matrix, I imagine it has the property of no divergence yet has curl, which satisfies the property of electromagnetic fields (according to Maxwell's equations). I just don't understand what makes this connection of symmetry and zero divergence.
    Amazing video, I think I finally understand the idea of tensors.

  • @EMLtheViewer
    @EMLtheViewer Před rokem +1

    I cannot stress enough how much this video helped me. (pun unintended, but welcome)
    Just reading about tensors was not enough, and I always wondered what exactly made them different from matrices. Thanks for this explanation!

  • @preetamchowdhury4713
    @preetamchowdhury4713 Před rokem

    one of the best videos on tensor...thank you...

  • @leonstenutz6003
    @leonstenutz6003 Před rokem +1

    Appreciate your work and this video so deeply. Thank you!

  • @carlosfelipe766
    @carlosfelipe766 Před rokem +1

    Good job buddy, keep it up. Looking forward to part 2!

  • @talhacals4729
    @talhacals4729 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I am waiting the part 2 since this video uploaded. Please continue this incredible video

    • @udiprod
      @udiprod  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thanks! Part 2 should be ready in a few weeks.

  • @garrygoodrege255
    @garrygoodrege255 Před rokem +1

    Wow..amazing animation..and explanation.

  • @tinkeringengr
    @tinkeringengr Před rokem +1

    Nice animations! Looking forward to more!

  • @NoNTr1v1aL
    @NoNTr1v1aL Před rokem +3

    Absolutely amazing video!

  • @casenc
    @casenc Před 11 měsíci +2

    I can't wait for part 2!

  • @colafish2152
    @colafish2152 Před rokem +2

    Amazing video, it give a vivid visual explanation to some very abstract mathematics-physics concept. Actually, I spend lot's of time to study these concept by myself, but I still can't fully understand these concept, what I learn from this video it worth then these book i read.

  • @jaybingham3711
    @jaybingham3711 Před rokem +1

    Wow...exceptional. So well done. Kudos.

  • @thevelar7139
    @thevelar7139 Před 8 měsíci +1

    No way no way no way , can i cry just bcuz i understand it ,daamnnn you did exellent explanation man ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Edu888777
    @Edu888777 Před rokem +2

    Really good vídeo, one of the best!
    Very didactic.
    Thank You !

  • @zacknstuff1611
    @zacknstuff1611 Před 22 dny +1

    This is the best video about tensors

  • @robibezerra
    @robibezerra Před rokem +2

    Really good introduction!!!