\textit{Spinors}: a Mathematica package for doing spinor calculus in general relativity

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2012.04.024zbMATH Open1296.83004arXiv1110.2662OpenAlexW2075200721MaRDI QIDQ744360FDOQ744360

D. Kharzeev

Publication date: 25 September 2014

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The "Spinors" software is a "Mathematica" package which implements 2-component spinor calculus as devised by Penrose for General Relativity in dimension 3+1. The "Spinors" software is part of the "xAct" system, which is a collection of "Mathematica" packages to do tensor analysis by computer. In this paper we give a thorough description of "Spinors" and present practical examples of use.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.2662

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zbMATH Keywords

general relativitytensor analysisspinor calculustensor computer algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-04)

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Uses Software

• Cadabra
• Invar
• Maple
• Mathematica
• NP
• xPerm
• xTensor
• xPert
• xAct
• Spinors
• xCore
• S@M

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