covariant

• Término técnico usado en matemáticas y física para describir una cantidad que se transforma de una manera determinada al cambiar las coordenadas.

A technical term used in mathematics and physics to describe a quantity that transforms in a specific way under a change of coordinates.

1. Mathematical and physical propertyC2formal

   Describing a quantity or function that changes in a way that preserves certain relationships with another variable or set of variables.

   Covariante (propiedad matemática y física)

   • In tensor calculus, a covariant vector transforms in the same way as the basis vectors.
   • The covariant derivative is essential for describing curved spacetime in general relativity.
   • The equations remain covariant under a change of coordinates.

   Antónimosinvariant