Any Octave users? What is this code snippet actually doing?

David Rysdam david at rysdam.org
Sat Apr 6 14:44:32 EDT 2013


On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:34:27 -0400, Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> On 04/06/2013 02:21 PM, David Rysdam wrote:
> > On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:03:58 -0400, Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> >> I'm trying to understand a chunk of 3D FDTD code that I downloaded from
> >> the publisher of the book, "Computational Electrodynamics".
> > I can't answer your question, but I may enjoy an elaboration of the
> > above. Years ago I started some simple-minded electrodynamic simulations
> > and gave up when it got hard. I wanted to simulate a "Farnsworth fusor"[1]
> > absent a means of actually building one.
> >
> > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnsworth_fusor
> >
> >
> Well I have to admit, this stuff *is* hard, at least for me it is. I 
> think you ought to try again on the fusor!  You are smarter now, right. :P

I think I'm probably not much dumber....


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