Hi Tilman,

It's a shame the project didn't work out but I'm glad to hear you're
still interested in contributing. Let us know if you start working on
this and want any guidance/help.

--
Oscar

On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 18:20, Tilman Roeder <dyed.green.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> After talking to the people at my university, it seems like it is unlikely 
> that I will be able to get involved as part of the university project. But 
> once I have some time, I will look through the open issues and see if there 
> is anything I can do :)
>
> Apologies for making you guys wait around so long, the process of talking to 
> people has been much more long-winded than I anticipated.
>
> Tilman
>
> On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 2:29:01 AM UTC+1, Tilman Roeder wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My name is Tilman. Me (and a friend of mine) are interested in working on 
>> extending and polishing the quantum physics module in SymPy as part of a 
>> university project. We both study Physics (currently in our 2nd year) at 
>> Imperial College London. The project work would be during the next academic 
>> year (so from September). However, I think it would be valuable to get 
>> started with some simple things to get aquatinted with the code base and 
>> process (as well as allowing plenty time to read up on the relevant 
>> subjects).
>>
>> From looking through the documentation etc. I get the impression that the QM 
>> module is currently very much a work in progress (especially the quantum 
>> information/ computation bits). From what I can tell, a good thing to get 
>> started on might be adding a few analytic solutions. There is one for the 
>> infinite square well, but none e.g. the harmonic oscillator. Starting with 
>> something very simple like this could be a really good way of getting to 
>> know the process, while focussing on the code etc., before tackling 
>> something more challenging.
>>
>> My friend and I are meeting someone in the physics department next week to 
>> discuss if this kind of work would be suitable for our project, and it would 
>> be really helpful to get the opinion of someone more closely involved with 
>> SymPy on this matter. (Note that I am also interested in contributing, 
>> should this turn out to not be suitable as part of my university work.)
>>
>> We are currently writing exams, but in about a month I would love to get 
>> started on some simple things to get a head start on the main project work.
>>
>>
>> TL;DR (useful pieces of information):
>>
>> - Interested to work on QM module
>> - Good experience with Python, especially for scientific computing, as well 
>> as some experience using SymPy to do hard integrals. See specifically these 
>> two repos on my GitHub: https://github.com/dyedgreen/schroedinger, 
>> https://github.com/dyedgreen/labs-ray-tracing
>> - Experience with other languages like C, Golang, Ruby, JavaScript
>> - Mathematics education level: 2nd year Theoretical Physics Undergraduate
>> - I speak English and German
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time to read this :)
>>
>>
>> Tilman
>>
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