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RE: State-of-the-art science on Steem: towards a new Python program for particle collision simulations
Nice, I also lead development of several scientific packages in Python. Most recently, we've been working on hetmech, which is a toolset for network analyses. We make heavy use of numpy (arrays), scipy (sparse matrices), and pandas (dataframes). I'm guessing your project will share many of the same dependencies?
The scipy and numpy packages will definitely be used, as one needs to develop some algebraic methods involving spinors and four-vectors, deal with complex numbers, matrices, etc... I am not too sure pandas will be needed here (I however do not know the package).
Would you be interested in taking part of the development of this program? I would be happy to discuss in more details the needs of the project with you.
Pandas is for tables with columnar data, i.e. when every value in a column is the same type, but different columns may have different types. There's also a young package named
xarray, which extends numpy arrays with better axis labels and axis matching between datasets.I don't have a ton of time at the moment, but the most efficient way for me to get involved would be if you tag @dhimmel on a GitHub Issue or Pull Request (or on Steem) when you have a question. Happy to help in small ways like:
Cheers
I was not considering tabulating the data needed by the code (the inputs) because they are not that large, but I will think about it. If this could help for manipulating them, I am all good. In any case, everything will be pubic and transparent, so... :)
Thanks for proposing your help with the time you have. Appreciated! :)