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Are there any libraries available for solving problems at the level of college physics? In particular, I'm interested in libraries for general purpose programming languages that can calculate results ...
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My question is fairly simple, but I do need clarification on how to get the inverse of the Lennard-Jones potential V(x). I am working with the following expression: $$ V(x) = e\times[(R/x)^{12} ...
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