Coordinate systems can be translated, or rotated with respect to each other as well as being subject to spatial inversion or time reversal. Scalars, vectors, and tensors are defined by their transform...Coordinate systems can be translated, or rotated with respect to each other as well as being subject to spatial inversion or time reversal. Scalars, vectors, and tensors are defined by their transformation properties under rotation, spatial inversion and time reversal, and thus such transformations play a pivotal role in physics.
