Converting basis



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Converting basis

  There are no functions in REDTEN that handle the conversion of a tensor in a coordinate basis to its representation in a frame. This can be done by the user directly using the equations 6.1 and 6.2 presented above. Generally, it is easier to start at the beginning with the metric and compute all intermediate objects in either representations, rather than to try to convert from one form to the other.



John Harper
Wed Nov 16 13:34:23 EST 1994