Show HN: 2D Coulomb Gas Simulator

RSS · 2026-02-16 · swesnow

<p>A pretty simple but fun to play with simulator for a concept from mathematical physics called the "2D Coulomb gas". I originally made this for my Bachelor's thesis to create pretty pictures and build intuition but have recently gotten it a fresh coat of paint and better performance curtesy of WebGPU acceleration (ported with liberal help from Codex to get through all of the boilerplate).<p>Play around with it - hopefully read up more on the 2D Coulomb gas because it is an incredibly deep topic research wise.</p> <hr /> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47039044">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47039044</a></p> <p>Points: 25</p> <p># Comments: 5</p>

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