[HN Gopher] The Tensor Cookbook
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       The Tensor Cookbook
        
       Author : t55
       Score  : 52 points
       Date   : 2025-01-31 18:47 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (tensorcookbook.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (tensorcookbook.com)
        
       | robblbobbl wrote:
       | Great job!
        
       | keithalewis wrote:
       | This is incomplete, incorrect, and irrelevant. Standard notation
       | already exists. I'm sure it is fun to draw squiggly lines and
       | some people enjoy reinventing the wheel. Spend some time learning
       | what others have taught us before striking out on your own lonely
       | path.
        
         | llm_trw wrote:
         | This is standard notation that's been used for decades.
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         | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01790v1
        
         | HighlandSpring wrote:
         | Do point us at this standard notation
        
       | hnarayanan wrote:
       | What even is this notation??
        
         | abecedarius wrote:
         | See the link at bottom right to "Penrose graphical notation".
         | 
         | (I have nothing to do with the site.)
        
       | gweinberg wrote:
       | Why is counting lines easier than just using numbers? A vector is
       | a 1 tensor, a matrix is a 2 tensor, a 3 tensor is a 3 tensor, and
       | a scalar is a zero tensor!
        
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