Articles in category Physics:

The Fractal Structure of the Double Compound Pendulum

The double compound pendulum is a fascinating physical system that exhibits chaotic behavior. In a previous article, we solved and animated the double compound pendulum. In this follow-up article, we …


Chaos in Classical Mechanics

The Double-Compound-Pendulum Solved with Python

Classical mechanics is the study of the motion of objects under the influence of forces. While it has been around for centuries, classical mechanics is still a fundamental topic in …


Visualizing the Magnetic Field in Python

A Guide to Using Matplotlib with the Biot-Savart Law

In this article, we will discuss how to visualize the magnetic field of a current using the Biot-Savart law. We will also provide Python code examples to illustrate how to …

May 21, 2023

Why the Laplacian is Everywhere

An intuitive explanation

Have you ever wondered why the Laplacian is so ubiquitous in physics and engineering? I’ve heard many explanations, many of which refer to symmetry considerations, but there is one argument …

April 23, 2023

Kronecker Products and Dirac Matrices in Python

Today, let’s play with Kronecker products in SymPy, which is a method to create matrices out of blocks of smaller matrices. The classical example for me are the Dirac gamma …

March 26, 2023