Illustrating mathematical concepts in video with Manim

Conclusions

Manim proves to be a perfect tool for presenting mathematical relationships as videos. The tool is comparatively easy to use and delivers results that would require considerably more effort using conventional methods.

Infos

  1. Manim: https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  2. 3Blue1Brown: https://www.3blue1brown.com/
  3. Manim community edition: https://docs.manim.community/en/v0.1.0/index.html
  4. Manim on GitHub: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
  5. "Creating Math Animations in Python with Manim": https://gilberttanner.com/blog/creating-math-animations-in-python-with-manim
  6. "Getting Started Animating with Manim and Python 3.7": https://talkingphysics.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/getting-started-animating-with-manim-and-python-3-7/

The Author

Frank Hofmann works on the road – preferably from Berlin, Geneva, and Cape Town – as a developer, trainer, and author. He is also the coauthor of the Debian package management book (http://www.dpmb.org).

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