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Gianluca
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Thomas Bäckdahl
5
Sep 30
ToCanonical/xperm hang on epsilons (but Cadabra works)?
Thank you, regardless of my example this seems quite relevant for windows users. I will report if I
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ToCanonical/xperm hang on epsilons (but Cadabra works)?
Thank you, regardless of my example this seems quite relevant for windows users. I will report if I
Sep 30
Mattia Villani
Sep 30
Using xCoba in combination with xPert
I need to do some calculations with a perturbed 7d FLRW metric, in particular I need the perturbed
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Using xCoba in combination with xPert
I need to do some calculations with a perturbed 7d FLRW metric, in particular I need the perturbed
Sep 30
Ayan Kayal
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Juan Margalef
2
Sep 23
Regarding finding EoMs
Hi, In the document that you have attached I don't see any variation of the the Ricci scalar, so
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Regarding finding EoMs
Hi, In the document that you have attached I don't see any variation of the the Ricci scalar, so
Sep 23
Mattia Villani
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Karim Dad
2
Sep 20
Einstein tensor with mixed indices
Dear Mattia, Thank you for the warm welcome. Please accept my apologies for the delayed response.
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Einstein tensor with mixed indices
Dear Mattia, Thank you for the warm welcome. Please accept my apologies for the delayed response.
Sep 20
Vasil Dimitrov
Sep 9
SolutionsX: a new xAct package with AI capabilities
Hello everyone, I am happy to announce a new xAct package: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.07826. It is
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SolutionsX: a new xAct package with AI capabilities
Hello everyone, I am happy to announce a new xAct package: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.07826. It is
Sep 9
Daniel Gálvez García
Sep 1
Gauge connection on cuved space for Klein - Gordon equation
Hello everyone. I am working with Plebanski - Carter separablity ansatz to obtain Kerr metric. I have
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Gauge connection on cuved space for Klein - Gordon equation
Hello everyone. I am working with Plebanski - Carter separablity ansatz to obtain Kerr metric. I have
Sep 1
Kid A
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Juan Margalef
3
Aug 31
VBundle Has No Metric
The problem is that delta has the structure of index-down,index-up: In[24]:= SlotsOfTensor@delta Out[
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VBundle Has No Metric
The problem is that delta has the structure of index-down,index-up: In[24]:= SlotsOfTensor@delta Out[
Aug 31
E. Şeyma KUTLUK
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Juan Margalef
8
Aug 7
Uplifting frozen metric to default metric
Thank you for the response. I think the problem was that it does not seem to be true that "Once
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Uplifting frozen metric to default metric
Thank you for the response. I think the problem was that it does not seem to be true that "Once
Aug 7
Ayan Kayal
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Karim Dad
3
Jul 23
XCPS is not loading properly
Hi Dear! Welcome to the xAct community! Please Quit[] , and Run again properly as :<< xAct`xCPS
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XCPS is not loading properly
Hi Dear! Welcome to the xAct community! Please Quit[] , and Run again properly as :<< xAct`xCPS
Jul 23
Manuele Cossari
Jul 14
Tensor with Ctensor
Hi everyone, I would implement a tensor A_{\mu}=( A_0(t), \vec{A(t)}) using C Tensor; how can do it?
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Tensor with Ctensor
Hi everyone, I would implement a tensor A_{\mu}=( A_0(t), \vec{A(t)}) using C Tensor; how can do it?
Jul 14
Daniel Gálvez García
Jul 14
Chart changing in xCoba from abstract xTensor object
Hello everyone. I am a Relativist doing his first steps in the xAct world. So, any advice regarding
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Chart changing in xCoba from abstract xTensor object
Hello everyone. I am a Relativist doing his first steps in the xAct world. So, any advice regarding
Jul 14
Jairo Villalobos
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Karim Dad
2
Jul 13
Maxwell Tensor and Ansatz of separability
You're very welcome! On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 at 16:40, Jairo Villalobos <grelati...@gmail.com
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Maxwell Tensor and Ansatz of separability
You're very welcome! On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 at 16:40, Jairo Villalobos <grelati...@gmail.com
Jul 13
Níckolas de Aguiar Alves
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Juan Margalef
2
Jun 27
The zero components of an antisymmetric tensor correctly vanish, but not if I take their derivative (ToCanonical in xCoba)
Hi! I am no expert on xCoba but if you use PDsph[{1, -sph}][Faraday[{0, -sph}, {0, -sph}]] //
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The zero components of an antisymmetric tensor correctly vanish, but not if I take their derivative (ToCanonical in xCoba)
Hi! I am no expert on xCoba but if you use PDsph[{1, -sph}][Faraday[{0, -sph}, {0, -sph}]] //
Jun 27
Joffrey
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Juan Margalef
2
Jun 27
xTensor Bug? Implode and densities
I agree with you, Joffrey. That option should be included in the private functions CovDTensor1,
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xTensor Bug? Implode and densities
I agree with you, Joffrey. That option should be included in the private functions CovDTensor1,
Jun 27
Flo Flo
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Juan Margalef
2
Jun 27
Trying to calculate tidal tensor for Kerr-Newman
Hi, 1. DefCoordinates is not recognized command, you have to use DefChart: DefChart[nameofchart, M4,
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Trying to calculate tidal tensor for Kerr-Newman
Hi, 1. DefCoordinates is not recognized command, you have to use DefChart: DefChart[nameofchart, M4,
Jun 27
James Mossman
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Leo Stein
4
Jun 19
using xPerm on Mac with Apple M2 chip and Rosetta
I installed a new binary -- that worked - Thanks On Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 7:54:24 PM UTC-4 James
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using xPerm on Mac with Apple M2 chip and Rosetta
I installed a new binary -- that worked - Thanks On Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 7:54:24 PM UTC-4 James
Jun 19
Héloïse
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Sergi Sirera
2
Jun 8
Explicit equations of motion for axial perturbations in Horndeski
Hi Héloïse, These calculations can quickly become very messy so it's good to simplify the
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Explicit equations of motion for axial perturbations in Horndeski
Hi Héloïse, These calculations can quickly become very messy so it's good to simplify the
Jun 8
Thomas M
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Alfonso García-Parrado Gómez-Lobo
14
May 29
xAct on Apple M2
Hi, can you post the actual errors you get and describe what you did to compile it ? Best, Alfonso.
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xAct on Apple M2
Hi, can you post the actual errors you get and describe what you did to compile it ? Best, Alfonso.
May 29
Patrick Bourg
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Michael Seifert
2
May 26
Help to correctly load packages
This is an issue related to the increased anti-malware protections that Apple has added to MacOS over
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Help to correctly load packages
This is an issue related to the increased anti-malware protections that Apple has added to MacOS over
May 26
Geoffrey Compere
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Max Banados
10
May 22
More on Compatibility between Series and xAct
Dear Jose, sorry for bringing back this very old thread. I faced the same problem as Geoffrey and
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More on Compatibility between Series and xAct
Dear Jose, sorry for bringing back this very old thread. I faced the same problem as Geoffrey and
May 22
Nat Woodcock
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Sergi Sirera
2
May 14
Deriving the modified Poisson Equation using xAct
Hello Nat, Welcome to the great land of Mathematica! I've actually just released an xAct package
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Deriving the modified Poisson Equation using xAct
Hello Nat, Welcome to the great land of Mathematica! I've actually just released an xAct package
May 14
Sergi Sirera
May 8
New xAlpha package!
Hello xAct community, I want to share a new package: xAlpha. This uses xPand to compute nonlinear
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New xAlpha package!
Hello xAct community, I want to share a new package: xAlpha. This uses xPand to compute nonlinear
May 8
Richard Kleeman
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Juan Margalef
3
May 1
Raising/Lowering dummy indices to obtain cancellations
That worked thanks! On Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 5:21:14 PM UTC-4 Juan Margalef wrote: You have to
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Raising/Lowering dummy indices to obtain cancellations
That worked thanks! On Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 5:21:14 PM UTC-4 Juan Margalef wrote: You have to
May 1
sam.d...@gmail.com
Apr 14
[xCoba] Inconsistency when multiplying CTensor object by scalar
Hi all, I am having an issue when multiplying a CTensor object with a scalar that has defined label
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[xCoba] Inconsistency when multiplying CTensor object by scalar
Hi all, I am having an issue when multiplying a CTensor object with a scalar that has defined label
Apr 14
Alexis Navarro Ruiz
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Juan Margalef
4
Apr 12
Help defining a commutator and using rules
Several comments: 1. Instead of CommutativityOfProduct -> None use CommutativityOfProduct ->
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Help defining a commutator and using rules
Several comments: 1. Instead of CommutativityOfProduct -> None use CommutativityOfProduct ->
Apr 12
Nils Marion
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Juan Margalef
2
Apr 9
[xTerior-Bug?] Issue with Diff[Hodge] when UseDimensionStart is activated
UseDimensionStart[] forces certain expressions to be zero when applying ToCanonical. It checks if
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[xTerior-Bug?] Issue with Diff[Hodge] when UseDimensionStart is activated
UseDimensionStart[] forces certain expressions to be zero when applying ToCanonical. It checks if
Apr 9
Nils Marion
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Juan Margalef
7
Apr 7
[xTerior] Issue with Diff@Hodge in 10D → 4+6 reduction
Dear Juan, I will have to take a closer look then. A huge thanks for your help! Cheers, Nils Le
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[xTerior] Issue with Diff@Hodge in 10D → 4+6 reduction
Dear Juan, I will have to take a closer look then. A huge thanks for your help! Cheers, Nils Le
Apr 7
Alejandro Aguilar
,
Jose
2
Mar 22
Help with doing computations in xCoba
Hi Alejandro, I suspect there is some inconsistency somewhere about the use of upper/lower components
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Help with doing computations in xCoba
Hi Alejandro, I suspect there is some inconsistency somewhere about the use of upper/lower components
Mar 22
Ratul Mahanta
Mar 20
xAct Help: Warped Geometry
Hi everyone, I am very new to xAct and was trying to reproduce the results in Eqs. C.23 to C.25 of
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xAct Help: Warped Geometry
Hi everyone, I am very new to xAct and was trying to reproduce the results in Eqs. C.23 to C.25 of
Mar 20
Alice Crafford
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Juan Margalef
2
Mar 5
Computing expressions in terms of Christoffel symbols
Hi AC, We would need a bit more information to help you. Provide a minimal working example of the
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Computing expressions in terms of Christoffel symbols
Hi AC, We would need a bit more information to help you. Provide a minimal working example of the
Mar 5