Definition: | tensor of the second order with components where is the Kronecker delta, equal to 1 if i = j and 0 if i ≠ j Note 1 to entry: The components of the Kronecker tensor are independent of the base used. The inner product of the Kronecker tensor and a tensor or a vector is equal to this tensor or vector. Note 2 to entry: When the properties of an anisotropic medium are represented at each point by a tensor quantity of the second order, this quantity reduces, in an isotropic medium, to the product of the Kronecker tensor and a scalar quantity. In practice, the quantity is then considered as a scalar quantity.
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