GeneralRelativityTensors

Version 0.1
Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit Team

The GeneralRelativityTensors application provides a set of functions for performing coordinate-based tensor calculations with a focus on general relativity and black holes in particular.

Getting the package

The latest development version will always be available from the project git repository:

git clone https://github.com/BlackHolePerturbationToolkit/GeneralRelativityTensors.git

Requirements

Mathematica: GeneralRelativityTensors requires a recent version of Mathematica. It is typically tested with only the latest available version.

Installation

Clone the repository and place it somewhere on Mathematica's $Path. Typical locations are inside ${HOME}/.Mathematica/Applications/ for Linux or inside ${HOME}/Library/Mathematica/Applications/ for Mac OSX.

Usage

The package may be loaded into Mathematica using the command:

<< GeneralRelativityTensors`

Examples

Examples are included in the documentation. See the GeneralRelativityTensors page in Documentation Center.

Known problems

Known bugs are recorded in the project bug tracker:

https://github.com/BlackHolePerturbationToolkit/GeneralRelativityTensors/issues

License

This code is distributed under the MIT License. Details can be found in the LICENSE file.

Authors

Seth Hopper

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