Title :
The Use of Maple Platform for the Study of Geodesic Motion on Curved Spacetimes
Author :
Vulcanov, Dumitru N. ; Vulcanov, Valentina D.
Author_Institution :
Theor. & Comput. Phys. Dept., West Univ. of Timisoara
Abstract :
The article illustrates the graphical study of geodesic motion on curved space-times (mainly exact solutions of Einstein equations) using the symbolic, numerical and graphical computation facilities of Maple platform. The example of null geodesics on Schwarzschild solution is completely processed. The geodesic curves are plotted directly using DEtools package in Schwarzs child coordinates
Keywords :
Schwarzschild metric; differential geometry; mathematics computing; physics computing; space-time configurations; symbol manipulation; DEtools package; Einstein equations; Maple platform; Schwarzschild solution; curved spacetimes; geodesic curves; geodesic motion; null geodesy; Computer science; Differential equations; Geophysics computing; History; Motion analysis; Packaging; Physics computing; Planets; Satellites; Solar system;
Conference_Titel :
Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing, 2006. SYNASC '06. Eighth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Timisoara
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2740-X
DOI :
10.1109/SYNASC.2006.76
