Maxima Function
cdisplay (ten)
displays all the elements of the tensor ten, as represented by
a multidimensional array. Tensors of rank 0 and 1, as well as other types
of variables, are displayed as with ldisplay
. Tensors of rank 2 are
displayed as 2-dimensional matrices, while tensors of higher rank are displayed
as a list of 2-dimensional matrices. For instance, the Riemann-tensor of
the Schwarzschild metric can be viewed as:
(%i1) load(ctensor); (%o1) /share/tensor/ctensor.mac (%i2) ratfac:true; (%o2) true (%i3) ct_coordsys(exteriorschwarzschild,all); (%o3) done (%i4) riemann(false); (%o4) done (%i5) cdisplay(riem); [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 2 ] [ 3 m (r - 2 m) m 2 m ] [ 0 - ------------- + -- - ---- 0 0 ] [ 4 3 4 ] [ r r r ] [ ] riem = [ m (r - 2 m) ] 1, 1 [ 0 0 ----------- 0 ] [ 4 ] [ r ] [ ] [ m (r - 2 m) ] [ 0 0 0 ----------- ] [ 4 ] [ r ] [ 2 m (r - 2 m) ] [ 0 ------------- 0 0 ] [ 4 ] [ r ] riem = [ ] 1, 2 [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ m (r - 2 m) ] [ 0 0 - ----------- 0 ] [ 4 ] [ r ] riem = [ ] 1, 3 [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ m (r - 2 m) ] [ 0 0 0 - ----------- ] [ 4 ] [ r ] riem = [ ] 1, 4 [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 2 m ] [ - ------------ 0 0 0 ] riem = [ 2 ] 2, 1 [ r (r - 2 m) ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ 2 m ] [ ------------ 0 0 0 ] [ 2 ] [ r (r - 2 m) ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] riem = [ m ] 2, 2 [ 0 0 - ------------ 0 ] [ 2 ] [ r (r - 2 m) ] [ ] [ m ] [ 0 0 0 - ------------ ] [ 2 ] [ r (r - 2 m) ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ m ] [ 0 0 ------------ 0 ] riem = [ 2 ] 2, 3 [ r (r - 2 m) ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ m ] [ 0 0 0 ------------ ] riem = [ 2 ] 2, 4 [ r (r - 2 m) ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] riem = [ m ] 3, 1 [ - 0 0 0 ] [ r ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] riem = [ m ] 3, 2 [ 0 - 0 0 ] [ r ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ m ] [ - - 0 0 0 ] [ r ] [ ] [ m ] [ 0 - - 0 0 ] riem = [ r ] 3, 3 [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 2 m - r ] [ 0 0 0 ------- + 1 ] [ r ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] riem = [ 2 m ] 3, 4 [ 0 0 0 - --- ] [ r ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] riem = [ 0 0 0 0 ] 4, 1 [ ] [ 2 ] [ m sin (theta) ] [ ------------- 0 0 0 ] [ r ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] riem = [ 0 0 0 0 ] 4, 2 [ ] [ 2 ] [ m sin (theta) ] [ 0 ------------- 0 0 ] [ r ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] [ ] riem = [ 0 0 0 0 ] 4, 3 [ ] [ 2 ] [ 2 m sin (theta) ] [ 0 0 - --------------- 0 ] [ r ] [ 2 ] [ m sin (theta) ] [ - ------------- 0 0 0 ] [ r ] [ ] [ 2 ] [ m sin (theta) ] riem = [ 0 - ------------- 0 0 ] 4, 4 [ r ] [ ] [ 2 ] [ 2 m sin (theta) ] [ 0 0 --------------- 0 ] [ r ] [ ] [ 0 0 0 0 ] (%o5) done