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@explorables/if_you_ask_your_xy

v1.1.5

Published

The XY model is a key model of statistical mechanics. Among other things, it describes self-organization of spatially arranged magnets but also concepts like opinion dynamics in social systems.

Downloads

5

Readme

If you ask your XY

CC BY 4.0

This explorable illustrates the dynamics of the famous XY-model of statistical mechanics. The model describes the interaction of magnetic dipoles that are arranged on a square lattice like needles of a compass. Each needle can rotate on a pivot and align with its neighbors. In one variant the needles are illustrated by cartoon needles, in another, more conitnuous version, the heading of the needle is quantified by a circular colorscale, so see what a continuous version of the XY-model looks like.

The explorable is part of the Complexity Exporables Collection. For more information about the system and its behavior consult the explorable

"If you ask" - Self-organization of spatially arranged magnets

Installation & Use

Out of the box you can use the explorable in a basic index.html file like this

<!doctype html>
<html>
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf-8">
		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
		<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@explorables/if_you_ask_your_xy"></script>
	</head>
	<body class="avenir pa3 pa5-ns tj">
	    <div id="explorable_container"></div>
	</body>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		if_you_ask_your_xy.load("explorable_container")
	</script>
</html>

The header <script> tag loads the bundle, the <div> in the document is the container in which the explorable gets anchored when the function if_you_ask_your_xy.load() gets executed at the bottom. The load function needs the <div> container id as an argument.

Installing the whole package locally

Clone repository:

git clone https://github.com/dirkbrockmann/if_you_ask_your_xy.git

Go to the directory, install, build and show using npm:

  1. cd if_you_ask_your_xy
  2. npm install
  3. npm run build
  4. npm run show

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

CC BY 4.0