Karl, That sounds like a great idea. I think you'd only want to implement analytical methods in SymPy. There are likely other options for numerical PDE solvers.
See this to get started: https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/introduction-to-contributing Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791 On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Karl Deutscher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi to all who read this, > > I know that the topic of second order PDE solvers has already been > discussed in this forum but I thought that I would raise it again because I > didn't see anything showing it had been resolved. I am currently taking a > degree in mathematics with a minor in computer science and am enrolled in > an introductory PDE course this term. I noticed that the pde solver as it > currently stands only solves first order linear PDEs. I am wondering if it > would be of help if I tried to implement a solver for second order linear > PDEs that are of hyperbolic, elliptic and parabolic classifications. As a > result the classify_pde would also be updated to classify a second order > linear PDE. If this is successful I could also try to use the Fourier > series or other methods to solve second order linear PDEs and heat and > wave equations. The algorithms would be theoretical as that is how I am > being taught PDEs so as a result the solutions would not be numerical > unless I run into issues with the theoretical side. I have not yet done > any patches for sympy and so I am unsure if that is required before I can > dig into implementing code in a module. > > From, > > Karl Deutscher > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/d26b81a9-09e0-4b7e-9be4-694afb4a46ba%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/d26b81a9-09e0-4b7e-9be4-694afb4a46ba%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AjfVx77Nri71gKdpvzKmoRz7LiA8VHoSceBk-hep3isRw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
