I also work in math far from the Cartan-Kähler theorem, but I'm enthusiastic about having more support for differential forms in Sage. David
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 06:38, adsmith <abrahamdavidsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am in need of a package to carry out computations in exterior > algebra, differential ideals, and various aspects of the Cartan-- > Kähler theorem. > > I have used Jeanne Clelland's "Cartan" package for Maple[1] > extensively, and I have been thinking about reproducing it in sage > (with Jeanne's blessing). I am new to sage but very experienced in > python and capable of producing an adequate solution for myself and my > immediate colleagues. But, before I jump headlong into it, I was > wondering whether anyone else working on similar packages. Basic > functionality for > alternating forms in a coordinate-free manner is the first > infrastructure I'd be looking for, analogous to "difforms" in Maple, > or the "Forms" package by Yu & Clelland [1]. > > > [1]: http://euclid.colorado.edu/~jnc/Maple.html > > Thanks, > Abraham D. Smith > Visiting Assistant Professor > Mathematics Department, Fordham University > http://www.curieux.us/abe > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
