“…The algebra of symmetric tensors over R n is denoted by T (the underlying R n will be clear from the context), the vector space of symmetric tensors of rank p ∈ N 0 is denoted by T p with T 0 = R. The symmetric tensor product of tensors T i ∈ T, i = 1, 2, over R n is denoted by T 1 T 2 ∈ T, and for q ∈ N 0 and a tensor T ∈ T we write T q for the q-fold tensor product of T , where T 0 := 1; see also the contributions [43,16] in the lecture notes [49] for further details and references. Identifying R n with its dual space via the given scalar product, we interpret a symmetric tensor of rank p as a symmetric p-linear map from (R n ) p to R. A special tensor is the metric tensor Q ∈ T 2 , defined by Q(x, y) := x, y for x, y ∈ R n .…”