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diff --git a/academic/cadabra2/README b/academic/cadabra2/README index 8fe21c13e8fe9..8c30a82171fdd 100644 --- a/academic/cadabra2/README +++ b/academic/cadabra2/README @@ -4,7 +4,28 @@ It has extensive functionality for tensor computer algebra, tensor polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and anti-commuting variables, Clifford algebras and Fierz transformations, component computations, implicit coordinate dependence, multiple index -types and many more. The input format is a subset of TeX. Programmable -in Python. Both a command-line and a graphical interface are available. +types and many more. The input format is a subset of TeX. Both a +command-line and a graphical interface are available. -Optional runtime dependencies are matplotlib, mpmath, and sympy. +* Designed for field-theory problems, with handling of anti-commuting + and non-commuting objects without special notations for their + products, gamma matrix algebra, Fierz identities, Dirac conjugation, + vielbeine, flat and curved, covariant and contravariant indices, + implicit dependence of tensors on coordinates, partial and covariant + derivatives... + +* Powerful tensor simplification algorithms, not just for mono-term + symmetries but also for multi-terms symmetries like the Bianchi + identity, or dimensionally-dependent symmetries like the Schouten + identity. + +* Allows for both abstract and component computations. + +* A standalone graphical notebook interface which can also be used as a + front-end for SymPy. + +* Input and output using a subset of LaTeX notation. + +* Programmable using Python. + +python3-sympy is an optional runtime dependency. |