Algebraic Computing in General Relativity
Lecture Notes from the First Brazilian School on Computer Algebra Vol. 2
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 November 1994
- ISBN 9780198536468
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages396 pages
- Size 11x11x11 mm
- Weight 1 g
- Language English
- Illustrations tables 0
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Short description:
For the researcher in general relativity, this book presents a wide overview of the facilities available in computer algebra to lessen the burden of lengthy, error-prone calculations in their research by using MAPLE, REDUCE, and SHEEP. This is the first book to cover SHEEP and Stensor, and it is filled with practical advice on how to use these packages to maximise their potential.
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Based on lectures given at a summer school on computer algebra, the book provides a didactic description of the facilities available in three computor algebra systems - MAPLE, REDUCE and SHEEP - for performing calculations in the algebra-intensive field of general relativity. With MAPLE and REDUCE, two widespread great-purpose systems, the reader is shown how to use currently available packages to perform calculations with respect to tetrads, co-ordinate systems, and Poincare` gauge theory. The section on SHEEP and Stensor, being the first published book on these systems, explains how to use these systems to tackle a wide range of calculations with respect to tackle a wide range of calculations in general relativity, including the manipulation of indicial formulae. For the researcher in general relativity, the book therefore promises a wide overview of the facilities available in computer algebra to lessen the burden of the lengthy, error-prone calculations involved in their research.
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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.
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