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

DOI10.1016/j.cpc.2012.04.024zbMath1296.83004arXiv1110.2662OpenAlexW2075200721MaRDI QIDQ744360

D. Kharzeev

Publication date: 25 September 2014

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

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

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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