GeneralVectorAnalysis swMATH ID: 17994 Software Authors: Qin, H.; Tang, W. M.; Rewoldt, G. Description: Symbolic vector analysis in plasma physics. Many problems in plasma physics involve substantial amounts of analytical vector calculation. The complexity usually originates from both the vector operations themselves and the underlying coordinate systems. A computer algebra package for symbolic vector analysis in general coordinate systems, GeneralVectorAnalysis (GVA), is developed using Mathematica. The modern viewpoint for 3D vector calculus, differential forms on 3-manifolds, is adopted to unify and systematize the vector calculus operations in general coordinate systems. Besides the basic vector analysis functions, the package provides asymptotic capabilities, 2D vector analysis notation, and a simple interface for users to define their own coordinate systems. These features will benefit physicists and applied mathematicians in their research where complicated vector analysis in complicated coordinate systems is required. Several applications of this symbolic vector analysis package to plasma physics are also given. Homepage: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010465598001441 Dependencies: Mathematica Keywords: Computer algebra; Vector analysis; Plasma physics; Mathematica Related Software: Mathematica; VEST; Maple; SageMath; SymPy; Python; SymFields; Tensorial; TContinuumMechanics; MathGR; ORTHOVEC; MathTensor; xAct; xTensor; VEST; xPerm; Invar; Cadabra; MACSYMA Cited in: 3 Publications all top 5 Cited by 8 Authors 1 Burby, Joshua W. 1 Cao, Jintao 1 Li, Ding 1 Lin, Jingbo 1 Liu, Pengfei 1 Rewoldt, G. 1 Squire, John M. 1 Zhang, Wenlu Cited in 2 Serials 2 Computer Physics Communications 1 Communications in Computational Physics Cited in 3 Fields 2 Fluid mechanics (76-XX) 1 Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory (15-XX) 1 Computer science (68-XX) Citations by Year