Hi All,
I'm using SageMath 9.1 on Windows Native.
When affine_connection has no content and I display it, I get a ValueError that stops the computation.
M = Manifold(3, 'M', start_index=1)
c_xyz.<x,y,z> = M.chart()
nab = M.affine_connection('nabla', r'\nabla')
print(nab)
nab.display()
IMO it should display something like 'Empty' or 'Null' or '{}' but not an error.
Daniel
I would say that an error message is appropriate here, because the affine connection has been declared as a Python object, but not defined as a mathematical object: no connection coefficients have been initialized and no computation can be performed with an affine connection in such a state. In particular, there is no mathematical meaning of an "empty connection". The error message thrown by nab.display() could be improved though. In the current case, it is
ValueError: no common frame found for the computation
because Sage tries to evaluate the connection coefficients in the manifold's default frame for the display. A more explanatory message, like "undefined affine connection", could be more appropriate in the present case.
Note that the same feature occurs when attempting to display undefined tensor fields:
sage: v = M.vector_field()
sage: v.display()
ValueError: no basis could be found for computing the components in the Coordinate frame (M, (d/dx,d/dy,d/dz))
I would go for something more suave, some kind of error that would not stop the calculation of further cells in the notebook, after all, it is not an error that can cause other errors, you just have to give some content to the affine connection (or the tensor field) and everything should be all right.
Asked: 2020-08-25 22:25:12 +0100
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Last updated: Aug 28 '20
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