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What libraries are available for solving problems at the college physics level?
Are there any libraries available for solving problems at the level of college physics?
In particular, I'm interested in libraries for general purpose programming languages that can calculate results ...
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How easy is it to combine symbolic and numeric computation in Matlab?
CS Beta people:
I have been doing some multiple integrals with a combination of symbolic and numerical integration (because symbolic answers have not always been possible). I have been using ...
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Simple substitutions using symbolic computing in MATLAB
Suppose I have the following MATLAB code.
syms a b c1 c2
c1 = a + b + pi*b
c2 = a + b + 0.5*b
Then c1 gets evaluated to ...
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Symbolic solution of a system of 7 nonlinear equations
I've got a system of ordinary differential equations - 7 equations, and ~30 parameters governing their behavior as part of a mathematical model of disease transmission. I'd like to find the steady ...
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Is there any open-source or easy-to-access software that can simplify algebraic expressions like $x^{2}+2x+3, x=\sqrt{2}t-1$?
I always calculate things by hand, but now my comrades are getting nasty and making a lot of repetitive exercises involving just plugging things in like the expression above. I am particularly ...
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Automatic generation of integration points and weights for triangles and tetrahedra
Usually one would consult a paper or book to find integration points and weights for unit triangle and tetrahedra. I am looking for a method to automatically compute such points and weights. The ...
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Symbolic software packages for Matrix expressions?
We know that $\mathbf A$ is symmetric and positive-definite. We know that $\mathbf B$ is orthogonal:
Question: is $\mathbf B \cdot\mathbf A \cdot\mathbf B^\top$ symmetric and positive-definite?
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