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Also worth noting is scmutils [0], which is a symbolic computing library for MIT Scheme that Gerry Sussman [1] wrote and uses to teach 6.945 Symbolic Systems an
by joelg 10y ago
Also worth noting is scmutils [0], which is a symbolic computing library for MIT Scheme that Gerry Sussman [1] wrote and uses to teach 6.945 Symbolic Systems and 6.946 Computational Classical Mechanics. The documentation is sparse, but it's incredibly powerful, especially if you're already familiar with Scheme.
[0] http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/refman.txt http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/refman.txt
[1] ... And many others including Hal Abelson and Jack Wisdom
- agumonkey 10y agoI thought it was merely a starter kit for SICM not something used elsewhere.
- analognoise 10y agoI wish I had the background to understand SICM. Tried to read it, failed immediately.
- agumonkey 10y agoI hit a brickwall too, even though the idea behind Lagrangian Physics felt so natural to me, I still trying to re-read books about the subject on a regular basis (very often it's all it takes to get started on something).
- thatcherc 10y agoGotta say - the projects in the book made all the difference for me. It's one thing to read their high level, notation-heavy chapters, but I found that working through the exercises really solidified everything in my mind. That said I got pretty lost near the end. I want to go back in a year or so once I have a bit more math background.
- thatcherc 10y agoJack Wisdom actually uses it in his research, which is in solar system dynamics. I think he converts it to C though in order to run it faster.
- agumonkey 10y agoNever occured to me to check him online https://nerdwisdom.com/tag/sicm/ https://nerdwisdom.com/tag/sicm/ Thanks