diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +CVS info : $Header$ + +Cactus Code Thorn NoExcision +Thorn Author(s) : Erik Schnetter <schnetter@aei.mpg.de> +Thorn Maintainer(s) : Erik Schnetter <schnetter@aei.mpg.de> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Purpose of the thorn: + +Overwrite the regions near a singularity with "something else", +possibly flat space, ignoring the constraints. This is instead of +excision. + +This method is modelled after an idea by Dennis Pollney, following an +serendipitous bug by Ian Hawke. The word "serendipity" was coined by +Horace Walpole in the 18th century, from the Persian fairy tale "The +Three Princes of Serendip" (www.wikipedia.org). |