Welcome to the documentation for XMDS2!

• Introduction
• Installation
  • Overview
  • Linux installation instructions
  • Mac OS X installation
  • Manual installation from source
• Quickstart Tutorial
• Worked Examples
  • The nonlinear Schrödinger equation
  • Kubo Oscillator
  • Fibre Noise
  • Integer Dimensions
  • Wigner Function
  • Finding the Ground State of a BEC (continuous renormalisation)
  • Finding the Ground State of a BEC again
  • Multi-component Schrödinger equation
• Reference section
  • Configuration, installation and runtime options
  • Useful XML Syntax
  • XMDS2 XML Schema
  • XMDS2 script elements
  • Modified Midpoint Method
  • Bulirsch-Stoer Algorithm
  • Error Scaling Behaviour
• Advanced Topics
  • Importing data
  • Convolutions and Fourier transforms
  • ‘Loose’ geometry_matching_mode
  • Dimension aliases
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • XMDS scripts look complicated! How do I start?
  • Where can I get help?
  • How should I cite XMDS2?
  • I think I found a bug! Where should I report it?
  • How do I put time dependence into my vectors?
  • Can I specify the range of my domain and number of grid points at run-time?
  • When can I use IP operators (and why should I) and when must I use EX operators?
  • Visual Editors
• Upgrading From XMDS 1.X
• Optimisation Hints
  • Geometry and transform-based tricks
  • Reduce code complexity
  • Compiler and library tricks
  • Atom-optics-specific hints
• xsil2graphics2
• Developer Documentation
  • Generating reproducible C++ code
  • Test scripts
  • XMDS Documentation
  • How to update XMDS2 script validator (XML schema)
  • How to introduce a new integrator Stepper into the XMDS2 environment
  • Logical breakdown of XMDS2 Parsing Process
  • Directory layout
• Licensing
  • GNU General Public License
  • GNU Free Documentation License
• News
  • XMDS 3.1.0 “My kingdom for a tentacle” (October 24, 2021)
  • XMDS 3.0.0 “Release the Kraken” (May 17, 2019)
  • XMDS 2.2.3 “It came from the deep” (January 20, 2017)
  • XMDS 2.2.2 “XMDS2 is a game of two halves” (October 13, 2014)
  • XMDS 2.2.1 “XMDS2 is a game of two halves” (September 30, 2014)
  • XMDS 2.2.0 “Out of cheese error” (January 13, 2014)
  • XMDS 2.1.4 “Well if this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is” (September 27, 2013)
  • XMDS 2.1.3 “Happy Mollusc” (June 7, 2013)
  • XMDS 2.1.2 “Happy Mollusc” (October 15, 2012)
  • XMDS 2.1 “Happy Mollusc” (June 14, 2012)
  • XMDS 2.0 “Shiny!” (September 13, 2010)