[Visualpython-users] electrodynamics simulation

[Joe H. <hea...@gm...>]

Good afternoon.

I've been working on a toolbox of helpful snippets that I eventually (next
year) plan to introduce to my introductory physics students. I've used this
toolbox to make what I intended to be a simulation of the electric and
magnetic fields of a moving charged particle, accounting for retardation.
The toolbox is called MandiPy and I'm attaching it to this message. I'm also
attaching the actual simulation, Retardation.py. I've scoured the Internet
for examples of such a simulation in source form and have found exactly
nothing! The closest thing I've found is a Java implementation in An
Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods, 3rd edition by Gould,
Tobochnik, and Christian (Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2007). It's a fine book
but Java and I don't get along well at all. I'd appreciate feedback!

Joe