Computational Physics, Beyond the Glass
summary
Claims an actual, runnable system: a port of a Lisp computer algebra engine into the browser that compiles symbolic expressions to fast JS and runs full simulations Emmy computer algebra system + mathbox visualizer. It is roughly 65,000–70,000 lines of symbolic machinery, drives interactive plots and geodesics, replays ~5,000-step integrations in realtime, and already wires to tabletop displays and robots so models behave like orbiting bodies — the demos run, sometimes with expected numerical instability.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and inspiration
- 12:23Building the library
- 16:16Core principles of the system
- 20:42Visualizing mathematical concepts
- 23:42Interactive demos
- 28:56Geodesics on curved surfaces
- 31:30Complex simulations
- 36:34Future directions
