2231 Enhance tensor transforms

[Nic-Ma]

Part of #2231 .

Description

This PR is a followup, enhanced several Tensor operations.

Status

Ready

Types of changes

• Non-breaking change (fix or new feature that would not break existing functionality).
• Breaking change (fix or new feature that would cause existing functionality to change).
• New tests added to cover the changes.
• Integration tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh -f -u --net --coverage.
• Quick tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh --quick --unittests.
• In-line docstrings updated.
• Documentation updated, tested make html command in the docs/ folder.

[Nic-Ma]

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[wyli]

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