On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Aaron S. Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 19, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Tim Lahey wrote: > >> On 03-19-2011, at 1:55 AM, Aaron S. Meurer wrote: >> >>> On Mar 18, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Tim Lahey wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> If I were to do a project on the assumptions, I'd probably need a fair bit >>>> of assistance since I don't know really know the topic. However, I'm >>>> fairly good a theory, so pointers to appropriate books/papers would be a >>>> good start if I did that. >>> >>> Well, if you don't feel comfortable doing that project, don't feel >>> pressured into doing it. I think the plotting idea is also something that >>> is pretty important for SymPy. >>> >> >> I'm interested in assumptions, but I think someone else would be better >> suited for the task. Plotting I probably could do a good job on since I have >> a good background in both numerical methods and computer graphics. >> >>>> >>>> I've done work related to Sage before. I'm looking through the issues >>>> tracker. >>>> >>>> I have code to do Euler-Lagrange equations that I wrote in Maple that >>>> should be fairly simple to add to sympy, if people are interested. >>> >>> Yes, I remember you posting your Maple code on the list a while back. I >>> think many people would indeed find that useful. >> >> My thought would be to create a new module for calculus of variations >> (probably called calcvar) and put it under that. That way, more can be added >> to it and I can't really see a current module (other than possibly physics) >> that it fits in. I've forked the main repository, so I'll see about doing >> this. >> >> I see my first thought on an issue to handle has already been fixed. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tim. >> >> --- >> Tim Lahey >> PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering >> University of Waterloo >> http://about.me/tjlahey > > What other things would eventually go in the module? > > It definitely shouldn't go in physics, since calculus of variations is useful > to more than just physics!
I think calculus of variations would be great, and yes, it should not go into Physics as it is much more general. Cheers, Brian > Aaron Meurer > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > > -- Brian E. Granger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo [email protected] [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
