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Interactive Chemistry Demos using Mathematica
As part of an ongoing effort to revise and modernize the curriculum of the undergraduate quantum chemistry course (Chem461), Eitan Geva and colleagues have developed several innovative, interactive computer demonstrations. These color real-time animations were designed to bring the rather abstract equations of quantum mechanics to life allowing students to:
- visualize the dynamics and investigate its dependence on various input parameters
- gain invaluable physical intuition via active exploration
- extend the range of problems that can be solved by incorporating numerical solvers
The interactive tools were created within the framework of Mathematica, but an easy‐to‐use user interface was designed, so no prior Mathematica programming experience is needed to use the demos.
50 demos have been developed, 25 of which have been accepted for publication on the Wolfram demonstrations Project web site (http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/author.html?author=Eitan+Geva).
