Comments on: Progress Report: Scattering and Bound States of the Simplest Graph Imaginable http://djstrouse.com/progress-report-scattering-and-bound-states-of-the-simplest-graph-imaginable/ the rantings of a baby scientist Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: djstrouse http://djstrouse.com/progress-report-scattering-and-bound-states-of-the-simplest-graph-imaginable/comment-page-1/#comment-446 djstrouse Sat, 29 May 2010 23:35:34 +0000 http://djstrouse.com/?p=650#comment-446 Great minds... or at least sufficiently techie blokes. :) I've been using Dropbox for several months now. Only this week though did I start saving all my research there as well (I was previously just using it as an easy way to get pdfs and other files on to my iPhone). Its probably my favorite app I've discovered in the last year. Great minds… or at least sufficiently techie blokes. :)

I’ve been using Dropbox for several months now. Only this week though did I start saving all my research there as well (I was previously just using it as an easy way to get pdfs and other files on to my iPhone). Its probably my favorite app I’ve discovered in the last year.

]]> By: Taliesin Beynon http://djstrouse.com/progress-report-scattering-and-bound-states-of-the-simplest-graph-imaginable/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Taliesin Beynon Sat, 29 May 2010 23:06:48 +0000 http://djstrouse.com/?p=650#comment-445 That's a pity. Sometimes I think data loss is the only kind of material loss that matters -- everything else can be replaced, but not those intangible ones and zeros, ironically. I remember when PartitionMagic killed an entire childhood's worth of QBasic creations, it made me so sad. For your next machine, you might want to try DropBox. I'm a big fan of its automagical syncing-in-the-cloud across multiple OSs and machines. Plus, by referring you we both get an extra 250 megs free, on top of the gratis 3 gigs :-). That’s a pity. Sometimes I think data loss is the only kind of material loss that matters — everything else can be replaced, but not those intangible ones and zeros, ironically. I remember when PartitionMagic killed an entire childhood’s worth of QBasic creations, it made me so sad.

For your next machine, you might want to try DropBox. I’m a big fan of its automagical syncing-in-the-cloud across multiple OSs and machines. Plus, by referring you we both get an extra 250 megs free, on top of the gratis 3 gigs :-) .

]]> By: djstrouse http://djstrouse.com/progress-report-scattering-and-bound-states-of-the-simplest-graph-imaginable/comment-page-1/#comment-441 djstrouse Sat, 29 May 2010 22:32:25 +0000 http://djstrouse.com/?p=650#comment-441 Your Mathematica evangelism is well-founded in this case. The vast majority of my work so far has involved solving intractable eigenvalue equations, plotting transcendental equations, and abusing the "Manipulate" function to explore this connection between bound states and phase shifts. Lately though, I've become enamored with a complex analysis approach to the problem, so my Mathematica engine has cooled down a bit. I had a laptop stolen which has derailed my progress reports, but I'll start 'em up again soon... complete with glorious Mathematica notebooks full of 3D plots, manipulable data, and (hopefully) clear documentation to boot. Your Mathematica evangelism is well-founded in this case. The vast majority of my work so far has involved solving intractable eigenvalue equations, plotting transcendental equations, and abusing the “Manipulate” function to explore this connection between bound states and phase shifts. Lately though, I’ve become enamored with a complex analysis approach to the problem, so my Mathematica engine has cooled down a bit.

I had a laptop stolen which has derailed my progress reports, but I’ll start ‘em up again soon… complete with glorious Mathematica notebooks full of 3D plots, manipulable data, and (hopefully) clear documentation to boot.

]]> By: Taliesin Beynon http://djstrouse.com/progress-report-scattering-and-bound-states-of-the-simplest-graph-imaginable/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Taliesin Beynon Sat, 29 May 2010 20:53:52 +0000 http://djstrouse.com/?p=650#comment-438 Sounds super interesting. I wish I could see what you are doing instead of just hearing you narrate. Funnily enough Mathematica is a perfect medium: it handles arbitrary mathematical typesetting, inline graphics, dynamic user interface elements (so you can drag a slider around to see the various bound states, for example), hectically powerful automated theorem proving, ODE and PDE solving, 3D plotting, and on and on and on and on. The only problem is that its not webby, you would have to offer a .nb notebook file to download. But, Coming Soon is a browser plugin. Then, as Stephen Wolfram would put it, "blogs will become computable", which is a very exciting prospect indeed. Sorry, I got carried away with Mathematica evangelism there... Forgive me. Sounds super interesting. I wish I could see what you are doing instead of just hearing you narrate. Funnily enough Mathematica is a perfect medium: it handles arbitrary mathematical typesetting, inline graphics, dynamic user interface elements (so you can drag a slider around to see the various bound states, for example), hectically powerful automated theorem proving, ODE and PDE solving, 3D plotting, and on and on and on and on.

The only problem is that its not webby, you would have to offer a .nb notebook file to download. But, Coming Soon is a browser plugin. Then, as Stephen Wolfram would put it, “blogs will become computable”, which is a very exciting prospect indeed.

Sorry, I got carried away with Mathematica evangelism there… Forgive me.

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