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We discuss the possibility to solve Modern Numerical Relativity problems using finite element methods (FEM). Adopting a "user friendly" software for handling totally general systems of nonlinear partial differential equations, FEMLAB, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Cherubini , Simonetta Filippi

A REDUCE code for the Newman-Janis algorithm is described. This algorithm is intended to include rotation into nonrotating solutions of the Einstein field equations with spherically symmetry or perturbed spherically symmetry and has been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-20 Carlos Gutierrez-Chavez , Francisco Frutos-Alfaro , Ivan Cordero-Garcia

Many theories of gravity are spoiled by strongly coupled modes: the high computational cost of Hamiltonian analysis can obstruct the identification of these modes. A computer algebra implementation of the Hamiltonian constraint algorithm…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-05 W. E. V. Barker

It is the aim of this paper to transfer to generalised geometry tools employed in the study of semi-Riemannian immersions, specializing at times to semi-Riemannian hypersurfaces. Given an exact Courant algebroid $E \to M$ and an immersion…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Vicente Cortés , Oskar Schiller

This is the first paper in a series (of four) designed to show how to use geometric algebras of multivectors and extensors to a novel presentation of some topics of differential geometry which are important for a deeper understanding of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-26 V. V. Fernandez , A. M. Moya , W. A. Rodrigues

A technique to linearize gravitational field equations is developed in which the perturbation metric coefficients are treated as second rank, symmetric, 1-form fields belonging to the Minkowski background spacetime by using the exterior…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-30 Ahmet Baykal , Tekin Dereli

We give detailed exposition of modern differential geometry from global coordinate independent point of view as well as local coordinate description suited for actual computations. In introduction, we consider Euclidean spaces and different…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-26 M. O. Katanaev

This paper surveys the application of geometric algebra to the physics of electrons. It first appeared in 1996 and is reproduced here with only minor modifications. Subjects covered include non-relativistic and relativistic spinors, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. J. L. Doran , A. N. Lasenby , S. F. Gull , S. Somaroo , A. D. Challinor

The program Ortocartan for algebraic calculations in relativity has just been implemented in the Codemist Standard Lisp and can now be used under the Windows 98 and Linux operating systems. The paper describes the new facilities and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Andrzej Krasinski

Based on the distinction between the covariant and contravariant metric tensor components in the framework of the affine geometry approach and also on the choice of the contravariant components, it was shown that a wide variety of third,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Bogdan G. Dimitrov

We investigate several problems in relativity and particle physics where symmetries play a central role; in all cases geometric properties of Lie groups and their quotients are related to physical effects. The first part is concerned with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-03-04 Steffen Gielen

The book contains a collection of works on Riemann-Cartan and metric-affine manifolds provided with nonlinear connection structure and on generalized Finsler-Lagrange and Cartan-Hamilton geometries and Clifford structures modelled on such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 S. Vacaru , P. Stavrinos , E. Gaburov , D. Gonţa

For (2+2)-dimensional nonholonomic distributions, the physical information contained into a spacetime (pseudo) Riemannian metric can be encoded equivalently into new types of geometric structures and linear connections constructed as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-08 Sergiu I. Vacaru

We discuss some of the issues to be addressed in arriving at a definitive noncommutative Riemannian geometry that generalises conventional geometry both to the quantum domain and to the discrete domain. This also provides an introduction to…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2009-10-31 S. Majid

An algorithmic approach towards the formulation of non-relativistic diffeomorphism invariance has been developed which involves both matter and gauge fields. A step by step procedure has been provided which can accommodate all types of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 Rabin Banerjee , Arpita Mitra , Pradip Mukherjee

What is the best representation for doing euclidean geometry on computers? These notes from a SIGGRAPH 2019 short course entitled "Geometric algebra for computer graphics" introduce projective geometric algebra (PGA) as a modern framework…

Graphics · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Charles G. Gunn

This paper introduces arithmetic geometry for polynomial identity algebras using non-commutative (formal) deformation theory. Since formal deformation theory is inherently local the arithmetic and geometric results that follow give local…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-29 Daniel Larsson

A geometrical approach to quantum computation is presented, where a non-abelian connection is introduced in order to rewrite the evolution operator of an energy degenerate system as a holonomic unitary. For a simple geometrical model we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jiannis Pachos

In this paper, some real-world motivated examples are provided illustrating the power of linear algebra tools as the product of matrices, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. In this sense, some practical applications related to…

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