#Solving the mass spring problem using Euler integration from pylab import * k = 10.0 # spring constant m = 1.0 dt = 0.01 t = 0 x = 2.0 v = 0.0 ta = [t] # list for time, add start time xa = [x] # list for displacement, x = 2 at t= 0 va = [v] # list for velocity, v=0 at t=0 while t < 5: f = -k * x v = v + (f/m) * dt # a = F/m; a = dv/dt x = x + v * dt # v = dx/dt t = t + dt ta.append(t) xa.append(v) va.append(x) plot(ta, xa) plot(ta, va) show()