Abstract: In order to accurately analyze the thin absorber with a dispersive medium, an improved hybrid implicit-explicit (HIE) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is investigated. The ...

In this video, learn how to solve boundary value differential equations using the finite difference method in Python. We break down the mathematical theory behind differential equations and transform ...

Compared to the conventional high-order staggered-grid finite-difference method (C-SFD), the time–space domain dispersion-relation-based high-order staggered-grid finite-difference method (TS-SFD) can ...

Finite difference methods have become a cornerstone in the simulation of seismic wave propagation, providing a robust numerical framework to approximate the differential equations that govern seismic ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Method references are a shorthand way to write lambda expressions that call a single method. Rather than implementing a method in a functional interface, a method reference simply points to an ...

“You can make the argument that we are living in Peak Asshole,” Bob Sutton, a Stanford organizational psychologist and author of the classic book The No Asshole Rule, told an interviewer eight years ...

Small talk has its uses, especially in the business world. It can help us suss each other out, establish a basic level of trust, or just fill the time while we’re waiting in line. But let’s be honest, ...

The STAR and PARADE methods of answering behavioral interview questions are both popular. They can help when you're asked about a time you faced a challenge or made a mistake at work, for example.

Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to methods ...