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Line 15: : <math>J=\frac{\partial(x_1,\ldots,x_n)}{\partial(\bar{x}^1,\ldots,\bar{x}^n)},</math> that is, the determinant of the transformation.<ref name=lovelock>{{cite book\| last=Lovelock\| first=David\| title=Tensors, Differential Forms, and Variational Principles\|year=April 1, 1989 \| publisher=Dover \| isbn=0486658406 \| pages=400 \| url=http://store.doverpublications.com/0486658406.html \| coauthors=Rund \| accessdate=19 April 2011 \| page=103 \| format=Paperback \| chapter=4}}</ref> Relative scalars are an important special case of the more general concept of a [[relative tensor]]. ==Ordinary scalar==

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