In RobinHankin/schwarzschild: General Relativity in R

knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>",
  fig.path = "man/figures/README-",
  out.width = "100%"
)

Overview

The schwarzschild package creates a series of high-quality PDF images showing different aspects of the physics of black holes. The software is available under the GPL and runs under the R programming language.

The package is intended as a resource for lecturers of general relativity and it is envisaged that the diagrams be used as visual teaching aids for understanding the Schwarzschild metric. A number of camera-ready PDF diagrams of black holes using a range of coordinate systems are presented as examples of the software's functionality; the software is extensively configurable to users' requirements.

Installation

The package is not yet on CRAN. To install the current development version use devtools:

R> devtools::install_github("RobinHankin/schwarzschild", build_vignettes=TRUE)

And then to load the package use library():

library("schwarzschild")

All PDF diagrams are created by inst/maker.R and a Makefile is provided; altnernatively, the resulting PDF images are available at

https://autuni-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/rhankin_aut_ac_nz/EgX_IANsoOJDmTiH2i9_P20B6ksn9CMHf_TM31w5K3aITg?e=dPxAcp

Further information

For more detail, see the package vignette; at the R prompt, type

vignette("schwarzschild")

RobinHankin/schwarzschild documentation built on Nov. 13, 2024, 12:58 p.m.