You just used "tensor" to define "tensor," but also any list of number formulated as an n-dimensional matrix will satisfy this criterion. A tensor is both a linear transformation and an n-dimensional box-shaped list of numbers, but there's nothing such as a linear list of numbers.
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OpenStars@piefed.social 1 day agoIsn't a tensor a multilinear map taking as input a tensor and outputting another tensor?
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Eq0@literature.cafe 11 hours ago
Also, but that is because math likes to reuse names like Donald Duck reuses his jacket…