PDE solver software like wxMaxima

DarioP · 2012-01-13 15:35:24

Hi all,

I like very much vxMaxima: it's fast, reliable, simple and free, but it does not solve Partial Derivatives Differential Equation PDE

Are there any program which does it? I know Mathematica does, but is tooooooo expensive and I don't need all the features it carries by, just solve PDE like wxMaxima could have done..

Thanks to everybody

Beezle · 2012-01-13 16:38:52

I think sage-mathematics is more capable in that area than maxima.

DarioP · 2012-01-13 19:07:46

Thank you for the reply, I've searched in its site but I've not been able to find any documentation about PDEs

Maybe octave would do the trick? If anybody has faced the problem before is very welcome to say his opinion!

karol · 2012-01-14 08:23:37

I googled a tiny bit and found maple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_(sof … _equations
From what I see, Maple 15 Student Edition costs $124.

Have you tried https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25579 ?

DarioP · 2012-01-14 08:59:37

Maple should be fine except it's not free and is near as expensive as Mathematica!

I've tried FiPy: the installation from AUR went fine, but then I've not been to launch it .. and I also think that is just for numerical approximations.

karol · 2012-01-14 09:45:33

Why can't you launch it? Any errors in the terminal?
I only know that is says 'PDE Solver' ;P

DarioP · 2012-01-14 10:44:30

I did't look much after it, but I have no something such as "fipy" command in the terminal..

Now I'm using a 15days free trial of Mathematica and I should be able to integrate everything I need in this time

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karol · 2012-01-14 10:58:46

Have you tried https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FA … tart_it.3F ?

DarioP · 2012-01-14 11:05:00

> pacman -Ql fipy | grep bin
fipy /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fipy/models/levelSet/surfactant/adsorbingSurfactantEquation.py
fipy /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fipy/models/levelSet/surfactant/adsorbingSurfactantEquation.pyc
fipy /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fipy/models/levelSet/surfactant/adsorbingSurfactantEquation.pyo
fipy /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fipy/variables/binaryOperatorVariable.py
fipy /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fipy/variables/binaryOperatorVariable.pyc
fipy /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fipy/variables/binaryOperatorVariable.pyo

Don't know.. it maybe an environment which requires some code to be written and then interpreted with its library: too long to learn! And still I think it's only numerical.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-01-13 15:35:24

PDE solver software like wxMaxima

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