Hi. This is great. I think we definitely need to improve that module. You've already completed the patch requirement, so I would spend time discussing your idea with the community. Once you've got a solid idea, you can start writing an application (though it's still early, so don't worry about this too much yet).
I know very little about the physics, but I have studied tensors in a general setting in a course on differential geometry (general meaning that we regularly look at things like T^{i_1, ..., i_n}_{j_n, ..., j_m} without specifying n or m). So this is something to consider when planning the module. Many tensor calculations can be computed with a symbolic number of indices. Of couse, this is not necessary if you don't want to do it. Just giving you a little food for thought :) Aaron Meurer On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:04 AM, krastanov.ste...@gmail.com <krastanov.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Some of you know me as I have a few minor contributions to sympy and I > helped a bit with GCI. I would like to know whether it is possible for > me to apply for a GSoC project this year? > > About the project I have in mind: It is the tensor module. It is quite > bare-bones at the moment. I would like to make sufficiently general to > be useful in (for example): > - Einstein equations in general relativity > - Integrating Feynman diagrams (it has to do with a tensor product of > the space of Lorenz and the space of Dirac) > - nonlinear optics, linear elasticity, fluid mechanics, etc > > The first two of those will be directly useful for me. > There is a package for Mathematica (called Ricci) that may serve as an > example but I have just started looking at it. I've also checked the > related issues in the issue tracker. > > And about eligibility for the GSoC: I am still a student (4th year > physics in France). > > So if you are interested I can prepare a more in-depth presentation of > the potential project. > > Stefan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.