Stefan, The physics.vector package provides vectors and tensors that are basis dependent which eases working with vectors defined in multiple reference frames that are rotated with respect to each other. If all of your vectors are defined in a single reference frame, then column matrices suffice.
Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791 On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Stefan Krastanov <[email protected] > wrote: > Why is physics.vector better for optics compared to just a column matrix? > > On 3 March 2014 07:23, Sudhanshu Mishra <[email protected]> wrote: > > To get started should I add a module to solve problems related to > Kepler's > > laws? It will give me a basic idea of physics.vector. > > > > > > On Monday, March 3, 2014 5:39:35 PM UTC+5:30, Sachin Joglekar wrote: > >> > >> I would suggest you to go through the API of physics.vector package and > >> see if you have all the functionality you need. I think you should. > Once you > >> have done that, you can start thinking of how you will base your work on > >> that module, the target API, etc. Once you have some idea, you can start > >> putting down your proposal on the SymPy wiki, so that we can help you > refine > >> it. > >> (Dont forget about the PR requirement) > >> > >> On Monday, March 3, 2014 4:13:29 PM UTC+5:30, Sudhanshu Mishra wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I am a second year undergraduate student of Information Systems from > BITS > >>> Pilani, India. > >>> I like Physics and I've been using Python for an year. I started > >>> developing a Python package called BinPy for electronics computation > and > >>> simulation. > >>> This is my Github profile. > >>> > >>> I want to propose an idea to introduce a new package for optical > physics > >>> in sympy. I want to do this as a project under GSoC14. > >>> > >>> Since we already have vector, optical physics can easily be > implemented. > >>> As of now only Guassian optics is available. > >>> If we add more things like Newtonian optics, Maxwell's equation, > Fermat's > >>> principle, Snell's laws and many more concepts, > >>> It would be very helpful for the users to do scientific computations > >>> related to optics using sympy. > >>> > >>> If you like this idea, guide me what should I do now to get familiar > with > >>> the physics package of sympy. > >>> > >>> With Regards > >>> Sudhanshu Mishra > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "sympy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/93b54396-439e-4c0f-b8db-4f3b93bf2048%40googlegroups.com > . > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAD8szLx4h0mh%2BBi2KkXkMDQuGMdb-uAB%2BMmxx8SPT-8h_0NWzQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AjNLPksPFuUDsgD8Tbm9sO7CrFr3%2BSX4_25%3DDtQWHD-sw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
