Special relativity in R: the lorentz package
The lorentz package, available on CRAN, furnishes some R-centric functionality for special relativity. Lorentz transformations of four-vectors are handled and some functionality for the stress energy tensor is given. The package deals with four-momentum and has facilities for dealing with photons and mirrors in relativistic situations. A detailed vignette is provided in the package. The software includes extensive functionality for working with the gyrogroup structure of three-velocities. It is used to conduct a systematic search for a gyrodistributive law.
Institutions
- University of Stirling (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15421908
- Primary Topic
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00