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/*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
* useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
* warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
* PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* Covariant differentiation, curvature
*/
if get('itensor,'version)=false then load(itensor);
("Covariant differentiation is carried out relative to a metric")$
remcomps(g);
imetric(g);
("We declare the metric's symmetry properties")$
decsym(g,2,0,[sym(all)],[]);
decsym(g,0,2,[],[sym(all)]);
("MAXIMA can express both kinds of Christoffel symbols")$
ishow(ichr1([i,j,k]))$
ishow(ichr2([i,j],[k]))$
("The covariant derivative uses the Christoffel symbols")$
ishow(covdiff(a([j,k],[i]),i))$
exp:ishow(canform(contract(expand(ev(%,ichr2)))))$
("To drop first derivatives of the metric, use igeodesic_coords")$
ishow(igeodesic_coords(exp,g))$
("Covariant derivatives of a vector do not commute")$
covdiff(v([],[i]),k,l)-covdiff(v([],[i]),l,k)$
comm:ishow(factor(canform(%)))$
("The curvature tensor is the same as the commutator")$
curv:ishow(v([],[j])*icurvature([j,k,l],[i]))$
canform(comm-curv);
("The function flush and relatives can drop derivative expressions")$
exp:u([i],[j,r],k,r)+a([i],[j,r,s],k,r,s)+b([i,k],[j,r],r)+u([i,k,r],[j,r])$
ishow(exp)$
ishow(flush(exp,u))$
ishow(flushd(exp,u,b))$
ishow(flushnd(exp,a,1))$
("The function lorentz() can be used to remove divergence free terms")$
defcon(e,e,kdelta)$
defcon(e,p,p)$
defcon(p,e,p)$
decsym(e,0,2,[],[sym(all)]);
declare(e,constant);
(ratfac:false,ratvars(l),ratweight(l,1),ratwtlvl:1);
components(g([i,j],[]),e([i,j],[])+2*l*p([i,j],[]));
components(g([],[i,j]),e([],[i,j])-2*l*p([],[i,j]));
rinv:g([],[r,t])*icurvature([r,s,t],[s])$
ricci:g([],[i,r])*g([],[j,t])*icurvature([r,s,t],[s])$
-(ricci-1/2*rinv*g([],[i,j]))$
ishow(canform(rename(contract(ratexpand(ev(%))))))$
ishow(lorentz_gauge(%,p))$
("The conmetderiv function relates derivatives of the metric tensor")$
ishow(q([],[a,b],c))$
ishow(conmetderiv(%,q))$
/* End of demo -- comment line needed by MAXIMA to resume demo menu */
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