CVS info : $Header$ Cactus Code Thorn NoExcision Thorn Author(s) : Erik Schnetter Thorn Maintainer(s) : Erik Schnetter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Denis 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).