[SciPy-Dev] Thoughts on creating a toolbox for analysis of nonlinear dynamical system analysis

[Joseph Slater]

> On Mar 24, 2018, at 2:03 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Joseph Slater <joseph.c.slater at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ralf: There was a recent discussion on the frustrations of lack of SciPy contributors- mousai is an example, along with my other projects, some more relevant to potential future inclusion in SciPy, some less.
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> I wouldn't call them frustrations - compared to some years ago we're in pretty good shape. It's also not lack of contributors (200 open PRs currently and ~100 contributors per release), it's lack of maintainers. 
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> Mousai does look like a good start. I'm not a domain expert, but I'm well aware of the limited options in this area. Adding Mousai to https://scipy.org/topical-software.html may be useful to make it more discoverable - I'd be happy to merge a PR at https://github.com/scipy/scipy.org

I apologize for my laziness in description. I was being overly expedient. 

I would love to have it more discoverable. I would certainly love users, contributors, etc. Do I need to do anything? 

I have to admit being a bit cautious or timid- my personal sense of awe a the quality for the code in SciPy, Numpy, etc., highlights what is a 20+ year loss in the Matlab wilderness- with commensurate brain damage. 

I'm not sure when something is worth inclusion in scipy.org, but perhaps I should have been asking earlier. 

I do have 3 other packages, one just a little, but useful, hack:

vibrationtesting : parallel to a manuscript I'm working on. The intention is to maybe roll this into scipy, at least in part. However, the signal processing needs are definitely a bit different, so perhaps it's best as a stand alone. Pieces could be brought over eventually. 
vibration_toolbox : educational demonstration code (demonstration of the physics, not of python) with modest problem-solving usefulness
array_to_latex (much faster to make a properly formatted latex array from a numpy 2D array)

The last is tiny, a bit of a pragmatic hack, but oh so useful when trying to get an array into a document. I would love to figure out an appropriate way to make it a numpy array method- alas, my skills in object oriented programming. 

If any of this is appropriate, I appreciate the attention and guidance. 

Best Regards- Joe