Maybe you know I like numerical calculations, well I do. I think they are swell. VPython is my tool of choice. In the post Basics: Numerical Calculations I used vpython and excel to do something ...

Humans have problems with quantum mechanics. We have excellent intuition about the motion of a tennis ball tossed in the air, but what about an electron trapped in a box? The tendency is to use the ...

Optimal control problems, which form a central pillar in applied mathematics and engineering, involve determining control strategies that steer physical, economic or biological systems to achieve a ...