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diff --git a/academic/cadabra2/README b/academic/cadabra2/README index 0533ffcdd3..e26c444234 100644 --- a/academic/cadabra2/README +++ b/academic/cadabra2/README @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ Cadabra is a symbolic computer algebra system (CAS) designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory. It has extensive functionality for tensor computer algebra, tensor -polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and -anti-commuting variables, Clifford algebras and Fierz transformations, -component computations, implicit coordinate dependence, multiple index -types and many more. The input format is a subset of TeX. Both a -command-line and a graphical interface are available. +polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions +and anti-commuting variables, Clifford algebras and Fierz +transformations, component computations, implicit coordinate +dependence, multiple index types and many more. The input format is a +subset of TeX. Both a command-line and a graphical interface are +available. * Designed for field-theory problems, with handling of anti-commuting and non-commuting objects without special notations for their @@ -21,13 +22,14 @@ command-line and a graphical interface are available. * Allows for both abstract and component computations. -* A standalone graphical notebook interface which can also be used as a - front-end for SymPy. +* A standalone graphical notebook interface which can also be used as + a front-end for SymPy. * Input and output using a subset of LaTeX notation. * Programmable using Python. -If this SlackBuild run on a system which has Mathematica (not on SBo) -installed, the support of Mathematica can be enabled by setting the -environment variable MMA=ON (default: MMA=OFF). +If this SlackBuild is running on a system which has WolframEngine +(available on SBo) or Mathematica (not on SBo) installed, its support +in Cadabra can be enabled by setting the environment variable MMA=ON +(default: MMA=OFF). |