All the italic v symbols disappeared from the glossary box on the first page of this paper in the final stages of production. Corrected versions of the glossary entries for "Inner (dot) product" and "Tensor product" appear below.
Inner (dot) product: The inner (dot) product u • v of vector u = (u1, u2, …, un) with vector v = (v1, v2, …, vn) in Euclidean space is the scalar &Sigmani=1 uivi.
Tensor product: The tensor product of two vectors u = (u1, u2, …, um) and v = (v1, v2, …, vn) is a 2-subscript object similar to a matrix, B = (bij) where bij = uivj. Higher rank tensor products are defined analogously, for example the product T = (tijk) of u, v and w = (w1, w2, …, wp) would have tijk = uivjwk. Tensor products have several convenient mathematical properties.
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