Algebraic Computing in General Relativity: Lecture Notes from the First Brazilian School on Computer Algebra Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9780198536468 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 400 str.

M. A. H. MacCallum; J. E. Skea; R. G. McLenaghan

Spis treści

SHEEP: A computer algebra system for general relativity: An overview of SHEEP; Using SHEEP and CLASSI; Using CLASSI to classify metrics; The internals of SHEEP; Packages for special occasions; STENSOR; REDUCE: in general relativity and Poincare gauge theory: Geometrical preliminaries; Calculations on coordinate bases; Anholonomic frames; The exterior calculus package EXCALC; The Poincare gauge theory; MAPLE: applications to general relativity: Introduction; Computation of the connection and the curvature; The Petrov classification of the Weyl tensor; Computer algebra aided integration of field equations with the NP package; Bibliography; Index.