Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (SICM) is a classical mechanics textbook written by Gerald Jay Sussman and Jack Wisdom with Meinhard E. Mayer.
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Why am I getting `Generic operator inapplicable` error in Scheme function
I am trying to go through exercises of book SICM using the provided scheme code, however I could not figure out the reason for the error, I am quite novice in Scheme so can any one tell what am I missing here?
(define q (up (literal-function…
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mit-scheme graphics support for sicm
I am trying to work on the examples of Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics. The book is based on mit-scheme. For some reason the mit-scheme installation is not able to use graphics:
MIT/GNU Scheme running under GNU/Linux
Type `^C'…
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Scmutils for SICM
2 Edit: I found a solution.
1 Edit: I realaized that the description of my problem was pretty bad, so I state the problem anew, leaving the old question below.
I installed mit-scheme which works perfectly fine. While trying to get scmutils…
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Why does this numerical integration of the solar system keep running? (MIT-Scheme SCMUTILS)
I'm trying to do a numerical integration of the solar system. I did this before in plain Scheme, now I want to do it using the very interesting SCMUTILS-library from MIT. What I did:
I took solar system data from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; that…
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Application of a number not allowed (Scheme)
I'm working a little with SCMUTILS package that implements MIT SCHEME. I'm running it from Emacs and I'm having trouble when using a function, can you help me?
My code is:
(define ((((delta eta) f) q) t)
(let ((fmas (f (+ q (* 0.001 eta))))
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Error running scmutils by M-x mechanics in emacs
I have installed scmutils (for the book SICM) from the tar ball under /usr/local.
I then put this in my .emacs:
(defun mechanics ()
(interactive)
(run-scheme
"/usr/local/scmutils/mit-scheme/bin/scheme --library…
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Creating an X11 frame in mit-scheme + scmutils
I am working through the book Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics, which requires writing scheme code in mit-scheme for its exercises. I've installed scmutils, the scheme library provided with the book, and when I launch mit-scheme,…
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How does this Scheme code return a value?
This code is taken from Sussman and Wisdom's Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics, its purpose is to derive (close to) the smallest positive floating point the host machine…
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