I have approached a professor at my university that specializes in PDEs and he is interested in discussing this topic with me. I will post again after he and I have spoken.
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:30:27 PM UTC-6, Aaron Meurer wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Karl Deutscher > <[email protected] <javascript:>> 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. > > I think it would be great to be able to solve more kinds of PDEs. It > would have helped when I took similar courses in college. > > If you feel comfortable jumping right in then jump right in. If you > are unsure, you can start with an easier issue. There are no > requirements that you do one thing before you do another thing with > respect to contributing. There are generic guidelines for > contributing (see > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Introduction-to-contributing and > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Development-workflow), for > example, all new code needs to have tests. But if you miss anything > we'll let you know when you submit a pull request. > > Aaron Meurer > > > > > 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > 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. > > > > 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/bf80bcd5-4c70-4c70-8bc9-d4fed5b584e4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
