@article{CCIRM_2018__6_1_A1_0,
author = {\'Eric Gourgoulhon and Marco Mancini},
title = {Symbolic tensor calculus on manifolds: a {SageMath} implementation},
journal = {Les cours du CIRM},
note = {talk:1},
publisher = {CIRM},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.5802/ccirm.26},
language = {en},
url = {https://ccirm.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/ccirm.26/}
}
Éric Gourgoulhon; Marco Mancini. Symbolic tensor calculus on manifolds: a SageMath implementation. Les cours du CIRM, Tome 6 (2018) no. 1, Exposé no. 1, 54 p. doi : 10.5802/ccirm.26. https://ccirm.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/ccirm.26/
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