Symbolic Constants Module
This module contains common constants used in physics/relativity
and classes used to define them:
-
class
einsteinpy.symbolic.constants.
SymbolicConstant
(name, descriptive_name=None, **assumptions)[source]
Bases: sympy.core.symbol.Symbol
This class inherits from ~sympy.core.symbol.Symbol
Constructor and Initializer
- Parameters
name (str) – Short, commonly accepted name of the constant.
For example, ‘c’ for Speed of light.
descriptive_name (str) – The extended name of the constant.
For example, ‘Speed of Light’ for ‘c’.
Defaults to None.
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property
descriptive_name
Returns the extended name of the constant
-
einsteinpy.symbolic.constants.
get_constant
(name)[source]
Returns a symbolic instance of the constant
- Parameters
name (str) – Name of the constant.
Currently available names are ‘c’, ‘G’, ‘Cosmo_Const’, ‘eps_0’.
- Returns
An instance of the required constant
- Return type
SymbolicConstant