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<p>Created page with &quot;In <a href="/index.php/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a> and <a href="/index.php/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a>, &#039;&#039;&#039;Penrose graphical notation&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;tensor diagram notation&#039;&#039;&#039; is a (usually handwritten) <a href="/index.php/Mathematical_diagram" title="Mathematical diagram">visual depiction</a> of [...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In [[mathematics]] and [[physics]], '''Penrose graphical notation''' or '''tensor diagram notation''' is a (usually handwritten) [[Mathematical diagram|visual depiction]] of [[Multilinear function|multilinear functions]] or tensors proposed by [[Roger Penrose]].<br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> <br /> A diagram in the notation consists of several shapes linked together by lines.<br /> <br /> The notation has been studied extensively by [[Predrag Cvitanović]], who used it to classify the classical [[Lie groups]].<br /> <br /> It has also been generalized using [[representation theory]] to spin networks in physics, and with the presence of matrix groups to trace diagrams in [[linear algebra]].<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Abstract index notation]]<br /> * [[Angular momentum diagrams (quantum mechanics)]]<br /> * [[Braided monoidal category]]<br /> * [[Categorical quantum mechanics]] uses tensor diagram notation<br /> * [[Ricci calculus]]<br /> * [[Spin networks]]<br /> * [[Trace diagram]]<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_graphical_notation Penrose graphical notation] @ Wikipedia.org <br /> <br /> [[Category:Mathematics]]<br /> [[Category:Physics]]</div>

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