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Paul Falstad
Creates educational browser simulations of waves, circuits, fields and mathematics.
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ScienceInteractive demoRipple Tank
Change sources and walls in a two-dimensional ripple tank to explore interference, diffraction and refraction.
MathInteractive demoFourier Series
EngineeringInteractive demoCircuit Simulator
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- ScienceInteractive demo
Ripple Tank
Change sources and walls in a two-dimensional ripple tank to explore interference, diffraction and refraction.
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- MathInteractive demo
Fourier Series
Choose or draw a periodic waveform and compare it with its harmonic approximation.
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- EngineeringInteractive demo
Circuit Simulator
Switch and edit circuit components while animated colors and dots show voltage and current. JavaScript port by Iain Sharp.
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About Paul Falstad
Paul Falstad’s educational applet collection visualizes concepts in mathematics, physics and engineering. Most of its original Java applets have JavaScript successors.
Individual tools retain collaborator credits; the circuit simulator’s JavaScript port is credited to Iain Sharp.
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3 works have been curated here. This count describes this collection, not the creator’s lifetime output.
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