Hi Conrad, That sounds great. I'm not sure what help you would need in learning about sympy but there is an introductory tutorial here: https://docs.sympy.org/latest/tutorial/index.html This mailing list is a good place to ask specific questions.
There has been some work on vector integrals as part of a GSOC project this year. I'm not sure to what extent that work matches with what you want. Do you mean something fully abstract like using sympy to manipulate line integrals in terms of say a closed curve simply known as C for a function that is just given as f or do you mean something slightly more concrete? Oscar On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 at 20:30, Conrad Schiff <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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/CAHVvXxTRpdHEQwEGX0CUfnK4tgoTyLw4Pp2fOGdcGPnGgb1arw%40mail.gmail.com.
