Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Walid nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-08-24 06:03:
> > "PM 2Ring" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> >
> >>"Walid" <wha### [at] onlinefr> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>I'm looking for a pov code helping me to create an animation simulating
> >>>the schrodinger's wave equation.
> >>
> >>Is this something like what you want to do?
> >>
> >>"QuantumWell displays a wave function in either a square well or a harmonic
> >>oscillator potential, evolving under a small perturbation that leaves the
> >>energy of the system unchanged, but is otherwise random. The contours are
> >>for the squared magnitude of the wave, with phase indicated by colour.
> >>"
> >>
> >>http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/APPLETS/07/07.html
> >>
> >>Check out the whole site: it's brilliant!
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the link.
> >
> > While waiting for answers I pursued my research on the web and I fell
> > on a site which contains exactly the things I'm looking for:
> >
> > http://panoramix.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~maq/eng/waves.php
> > http://panoramix.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~maq/eng/quantum.php
> >
> > The programs are written by Maciej Matyka in C++ (not provided). However,
> > the executables are provided for download.
> >
> > Is it possible to implement such simulations in povray?
> >
> > Thanks again
> > Walid
> >
> >
> >
> Not obvious, but I think it may be done, or aproximated. A simple wave on aplane is
easy.
> Interference of two, or many, waves can also be done. It can get slow. BUT, you need
to get the
> equations right first. For the quantum part, it can get very tricky, long to parse,
long to render,
> and very memory intensive.
> Don't ask me, my maths skils are to rusty, and probably insufisent, when aproching
that kind of stuff ;)
>
> Alain

Hi,

Indeed it's a complicated thing to code in povray.
Thanks anway for your answers.

Walid

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