Hello All, My name is Conrad Schiff. I am an adjunct professor of physics (with some mathematics and engineering thrown in) at Capitol Technology University, a small technical university outside Washington DC. II have two interrelated reasons for introducing myself to this group.
First, I am developing a class on scientific computing with python based on the Anaconda ecosystem and would like to include some sympy in the mix. I am an experienced programmer in python but haven't really learned much about sympy so I would need some help. In exchange, I would be willing to code, document, or test. Second, in some way related to the first, I would like to develop certain symbolic functions that I believe complement or extend sympy's scope. These function deal with symbols in a more abstract way than is usual for a CAS (although maybe I am unaware of similar functionality in sympy). For example, I would like to be able to have a function 'know' how to (not necessarily when to) transform an integral using the divergence or generalized Stoke's theorems where the integrand satisfies the appropriate assumptions but is otherwise unspecified . I am looking to be able to guide students in being able to distinguish an integral as a problem (e.g. integrate x^2 from 0 to 1 to get 1/3) from an integral as a concept (e.g. flux integrals and Reynolds transport). Along these lines I want 'coordinate free' representations of mathematical objects. For this topic I would need to better understand the scope and philosophy of sympy than I do already. Thoughts and comments, appreciated. Conrad -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/MN2PR12MB3213EA1FB8D693C39B8C4917CF400%40MN2PR12MB3213.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
