Algebraic computations of some tensors in geometry and general relativity

Kamran Asghar*, Ashfaque H. Bokhari, F. D. Zaman

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Abstract

To be able to algebraically compute tensors that arise in geometry and general relativity an algebraic computational package is written. This package computes Christoffel symbols, Riemann, Ricci, Einstein and Weyl tensors and some curvature invariants.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Modelling and Engineering and Technological Problems (ICMETP) and the 9th Biennial Conference of Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ISIAM)
Pages411-433
Number of pages23
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1146
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Keywords

  • Algebraic computations
  • Relativity and geometry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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