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How To Make Tetrads, Charles G. Torre Jan 2018

How To Make Tetrads, Charles G. Torre

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This is a worksheet which demonstrates tools for creating orthonormal and null tetrads for a given spacetime.


How To Find Killing Vectors, Charles G. Torre Mar 2013

How To Find Killing Vectors, Charles G. Torre

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We show how to compute the Lie algebra of Killing vector fields of a metric in Maple using the commands KillingVectors and LieAlgebraData. A Maple worksheet and a PDF version can be found below.