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Computation of Approximate Potentials for Weakly Non-Gradient Fields

v1.1.0 · Mar 17, 2021 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Computation of approximate potentials for both gradient and non gradient fields. It is known from physics that only gradient fields, also known as conservative, have a well defined potential function. Here we present an algorithm, based on the classical Helmholtz decomposition, to obtain an approximate potential function for non gradient fields. More information in Rodríguez-Sánchez (2020) <doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007788>.

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