Discretization · Education & Research
Transient Finite Difference Method (FDM) for Education & Research
Apply the transient finite difference method (fdm) to real education & research problems — in the browser, with AI assistance.
This is the transient variant of the Finite Difference Method (FDM). FDM replaces derivatives with difference quotients on a regular grid — simple to implement and ideal for diffusion, wave, and reaction–diffusion PDEs.
In education & research, teams face challenges like license cost, reproducibility, accessibility. The transient finite difference method (fdm) directly supports use cases such as classroom labs, reproducible research, interactive coursework, and PolySim's AI Copilot can recommend settings and catch common setup errors before you run.
Typical Education & Research use cases
- Classroom labs
- Reproducible research
- Interactive coursework
Upgrade your workspace
Hackathon / Team Sprint Pack — $35
A short-term team workspace with pooled compute for sprints.
Recommended products
Shareable Interactive Embed
$3Publish one live, interactive embed of a simulation to any site.
Physics Starter Kit
$19Everything you need to start simulating classical & modern physics.
Solver Validation & Benchmarking
$149Validate your setup against benchmark cases and report accuracy.
Outcome / Accuracy Assurance Review
$15A specialist sanity-checks a result before you rely on it.
FEA Masterclass
$25An in-depth masterclass on finite-element analysis.
API / Developer Plan
$99/moHigh API limits and webhooks for building on PolySim.