On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Michael Brown <[email protected]
> wrote:

>
> Thanks for your help. Even if I don't end up using FiPy for my current
> project, it looks like a great package and I'll definitely keep it in mind
> for the future/recommend it.
>

Cool. Thanks.


>
> Okay,  just to be clear: when you say g_x = f you mean only
> differentiation with respect to the explicit x dependence of g?
>

Just the partial derivative.


> Actually, it might help that to an excellent approximation I can separate
> f(x, u) = f1(x) + f2(u), although I get (setting g_x = f1(x)) an
> integro-differential equation:
>
>

>
> v_t - u_x = g
> u_t - v_x = \int f2(u) dt
>

I don't think you need to split between the x and u parts of f as long as
you can construct a g such that g_x = f. g can be arbitrary.


>
> Also, how would this method extend to two or three dimensions?
>

You could use

  u_t - v_x - w_y = 0
  v_t - u_x = g
  w_t - u_y = h

where g and h are arbitrary as long as

  g_x + h_y = f

Either one could be zero for instance. It might matter in some numerical
way, but not for the maths.


> The acoustics link is dead atm - even browsing to it through the repo
> brings me to an error page. The others work though. I'll try the Riemann
> branch.
>

There is something wrong with the trac site. If you hit reload a few times
it will show. It is really getting annoying.

Good luck!
-- 
Daniel Wheeler
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