belousov-zhabotinsky 0.6.0

Simulation of the Belousov-Zhabotinski reaction using ASCII art

Belousov-Zhabotinsky

About

The python package you never knew you needed! Now you can appreciate all the glory of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction (and also Turing Patterns) from the comfort of your console window in a state of the art ASCII art rendering. Your life will never be the same!

BONUS: easy to play around with the parameters and colors/chars. Since version 0.5 supports n-fold symmetrical grid ('cos why not).

Both the belousov-zhabotinsky reaction and turing patterns are classical examples of non-linear dynamics in chemical systems(or reaction-diffusion systems). Their dynamics can by described by simple systems of non-linear equations:

BZ Equations:

TP Equations:

WIP

The oscillatory behavior is only possible because those systems are far from thermodynamical equilibrium -- so there's no violation of the 2nd law. In the real word the oscillation will slowly die out due to dissipation of entropy.

You can learn more about the belousov-zhabotinsky reaction here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belousov-Zhabotinsky_reaction

Dynamics and Chaos - Steven H. Strogatz

Chaotic Dynamics, an indroduction - G. L. Baker and J. P. Gollub

Inspired by the following blog posts:

https://scipython.com/blog/simulating-the-belousov-zhabotinsky-reaction/

http://www.degeneratestate.org/posts/2017/May/05/turing-patterns/

Installation

No python 2 support

Needs numpy and scipy

You can pip install the python module with the following command

pip install --user belousov-zhabotinsky

Usage

$ belousov-zhabotinsky

Check options with: $ belousov-zhabotinsky --help

You can exit the program by pressing any key, but the Ctrl key may cause your terminal window to bug

Future

Update README.md and add a math overview

Write tests

Make it faster

Implement a screen saver

My First GitHub project; HOORAY!