Java applets to help visualize various concepts in math, physics, and engineering

September 9, 2005 2:16 PM

Java applets to help visualize various concepts in math, physics, and engineering
posted by Gyan (12 comments total)

They're downloadable! This is great stuff, thanks. Might as well add a link to Dean Dauger's web page for all the Mac folk interested in similar visualization software.
posted by fatllama at 3:02 PM on September 9, 2005

this is the best friday ever. thanks!
posted by plexiwatt at 3:07 PM on September 9, 2005

I've been using the the vector field applet in multivariable for years. It's really incredibly useful and well-designed. The ODE's one is neat, too. This vector field analyzer is another good one, with the ability to draw integral curves and "flow" whole polygonal regions... it almost becomes animated art.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:11 PM on September 9, 2005

Greg Egan, Science Fiction Author/Programmer also has a few interesting mathy applets on his site, although the visualizations tend to be of more obscure concepts related to his novels.
posted by beegull at 4:08 PM on September 9, 2005

Fantastic!
posted by dwordle at 4:17 PM on September 9, 2005

Super cool, thanks!
posted by safetyfork at 5:53 PM on September 9, 2005

nice!
posted by tomplus2 at 6:03 PM on September 9, 2005

Wow, these are cool. Thank you!
posted by wanderingmind at 6:20 PM on September 9, 2005

I think I'm going to risk a self link.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:32 PM on September 9, 2005

Thanks so much! This will actually come in handy for Physics II this semester.
posted by blendor at 7:10 PM on September 9, 2005

as an electrical engineering-math double major, this is definitely the coolest thing i've seen. it really takes what we do in my digital signal processing lab to a new level.

thanks so much.
posted by virga at 9:35 PM on September 9, 2005

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posted by taumeson at 9:39 PM on September 10, 2005