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
>
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