MATLAB offers advanced features and strong industry adoption but comes at a higher cost. Scilab provides a free, open-source alternative with solid numerical computing tools. The choice depends on the ...

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Real and imaginary: The time-dependent Schrödinger equation formulated using complex numbers. (Courtesy: iStock/piranka) Complex numbers are essential to achieve the most accurate quantum-mechanical ...

The transition from real to complex numbers marked a significant shift in physics, particularly in quantum mechanics. Recent research has shown that using real numbers in quantum predictions leads to ...

An international team of researchers shows through a concrete theoretical experiment that the prediction by standard complex quantum theory cannot be expressed by its real counterpart and ratifies its ...

Physicists construct theories to describe nature. Let us explain it through an analogy with something that we can do in our everyday life, like going on a hike in the mountains. To avoid getting lost, ...

The Matlab/Octave implementation of Elliptic integrals of three types, Jacobi's elliptic functions and Jacobi theta functions of four types with their derivatives. The main GOAL of the project is to ...