CADABRA2(1)

💖 CADABRA2 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the cadabra2 manual page — section 1 of the manual, and it's the field-theory motivated computer algebra system, 2.x series. yep that's the whole vibe. sit down, grab a boba, we're doing algebra 🧮✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

cadabra2 — a field-theory motivated computer algebra system, the 2.x series. she's motivated. she's field-theory. she does algebra on a computer. periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cadabra2 [-d] [input file (.cdb)]

like… that's it. that's the whole incantation. one optional flag, one optional file. no cap 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So. Cadabra2 is a computer algebra system built for solving (quantum) field theory problems. That's the mission statement. That's what she does. 🎀

And this — the thing you're reading right now — is the command-line client for the Cadabra2 computer algebra system for field theory problems. So there's a whole Cadabra2 situation going on, and this is the terminal-girl entrance to it. main character energy fr fr 👑

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• -d — runs the whole thing under the control of the default debugger. yeah. she's being watched. 🙈

🧚 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🧚

okay so these variables toggle various features on or off, and literally the only thing that matters is whether the variable is set or not. set = one behaviour, unset = the other. that's the whole mechanic bestie 💜

• CADABRA_NO_UNICODE — do not use UTF8 characters to display greek characters and mathematical symbols. instead, use their LaTeX equivalent, so that the output is pure ASCII. so if your terminal is giving nothing but chaos and boxes, this is your girl. slay 🌈

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• cadabra2-gtk(1) — the other one. the graphical one. the sibling. 👯

Also!! go look at the web page at https://cadabra.science/ for binaries, example calculations and the full manual. the full manual!! the deluxe edition!! obsessed 💖

👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Kasper Peeters <info@cadabra.science> — the icon, the legend, the author 🫶

and that's a wrap on this page, which — cute detail — comes from Jan 22, 2019, so shoutout to that date and to whoever shipped it. now go do some field theory, bestie, you're gonna ate 💅✨🌸