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NP: A maple package for performing calculations in the Newman-Penrose formalism

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A symbolic algebra package is presented for performing computations in the Newman-Penrose formalism. We illustrate the power of the package by using it to carry out a complex calculation that arises in the integration of the Petrov type-D vacuum field equations.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, N2L3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    S. R. Czapor & R. G. McLenaghan

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This research was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in the form of a Postgraduate Scholarship (S. C.) and an Operating Grant (R. G. McL.).

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Czapor, S.R., McLenaghan, R.G. NP: A maple package for performing calculations in the Newman-Penrose formalism. Gen Relat Gravit 19, 623–635 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762558

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