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DGzip

  

form a linear combination, wedge product or tensor product of a list of vectors, forms or tensors

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

DGzip(C, T, operand)

Parameters

C

-

a list of Maple expressions

T

-

a list of vectors, differential p-forms, or tensors (of the same type); the number of elements in C and T must be equal

operand

-

a string, one of "plus", "wedge", or "tensor"

Description

• 

DGzip(C, T, "plus") returns the additive linear combination of the objects in T with coefficients taken from the list C.

• 

DGzip(T, "wedge") returns the wedge product of the forms in T.

• 

DGzip(T, "tensor") returns the tensor product of the tensors in the list T.

• 

This command is part of the DifferentialGeometry package, and so can be used in the form DGzip(...) only after executing the command with(DifferentialGeometry).  It can always be used in the long form DifferentialGeometry:-DGzip.

Examples

withDifferentialGeometry:

 

Initialize a 4-dimensional manifold M with coordinates [x, y, z, w].

DGsetupx,y,z,w,M:

 

Example 1.

Form a vector on M with arbitrary coefficients.

C1a,b,c,d

C1a,b,c,d

(1)

T1D_x,D_y,D_z,D_w

T1D_x,D_y,D_z,D_w

(2)

XDGzipC1,T1,plus

XaD_x+bD_y+cD_z+dD_w

(3)

 

Example 2.

Generate a list of 6 coefficients using the seq command, generate a basis for the 2-forms on M using the GenerateForms command, and use DGzip to make a general 2-form on M.

C2seqai,i=1..6

C2a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6

(4)

T2Tools:-GenerateFormsdx,dy,dz,dw,2

T2dxdy,dxdz,dxdw,dydz,dydw,dzdw

(5)

ωDGzipC2,T2,plus

ωa1dxdy+a2dxdz+a3dxdw+a4dydz+a5dydw+a6dzdw

(6)

 

Example 3.

Define the standard volume form on M.

T3dx,dy,dz,dw

T3dx,dy,dz,dw

(7)

νDGzipT3,wedge

νdxdydzdw

(8)

 

Example 4.

Create the tensor product of a list of tensors.

T4evalDGdx,D_x,dy,D_y,dz,D_z,dw,D_w

T4dx,D_x,dy,D_y,dz,D_z,dw,D_w

(9)

TDGzipT4,tensor

TdxD_xdyD_ydzD_zdwD_w

(10)

See Also

DifferentialGeometry

&plus

&minus

&mult

&wedge

&tensor

evalDG

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