Oh in that case I'm just confused - that's what I know as Einstein notation. Modern physics papers seemed to use much more complex notation, but I probably just misunderstood.
If we're talking about Einstein notation, then I'm a fan - `np.einsum()` is often a great way to create fast tensor computations with minimal code.
The only tensor notation I've been happy with is that used in J (http://www.jsoftware.com), which is simple, flexible, and concise.
There's also some nice-enough modern notation used in this excellent review: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~christos/courses/826-resources/PAPERS...