HofstadterTools
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What it does
- 3D visuals
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- Assessment tools
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- Authoring tools
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- Band structure
- The band_structure program evaluates the Hofstadter band structure at fixed flux density over a range of momenta.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Band structure command
- The band_structure program evaluates the band structure at a fixed rational flux density across a range of momenta.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Butterfly coloring limitation
- Butterfly coloring uses the Streda-Widom Diophantine relation and may sacrifice precision for efficiency, especially for non-rectangular lattices.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Butterfly command
- The butterfly program evaluates the energy spectrum at zero momentum across a range of rational flux densities.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Butterfly spectrum
- The butterfly program evaluates the energy spectrum at fixed momentum over a range of flux densities.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Custom Hamiltonian performance
- Constructing generalized Hofstadter Hamiltonians can be computationally expensive; common nearest-neighbor Hamiltonians are hardcoded for square, triangular, honeycomb, and kagome lattices.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Custom lattice limit
- Implementing custom lattices with more than one site per unit cell requires an advanced source installation.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Custom lattice limitation
- Implementing custom lattices with more than one site per unit cell requires installation from source.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Delivery mode
- desktopchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Install methods
- The package can be installed with pip or conda, or installed from source for advanced use.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation lists pip and conda-forge as package installation channels.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Lattice types
- The documentation describes square, triangular, Bravais, honeycomb, and kagome lattice options.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Lesson library
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project license as GPL-3.0.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Physics calculations
- It computes generalized Hofstadter band structures on regular Euclidean lattices and properties including quantum geometry and topology.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- HofstadterTools is a set of Python programs and classes for analyzing the Hofstadter model and computing band structure, quantum geometry, and topology.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Python requirement
- The package is designed to work with Python 3.9 or later.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Saved data plotting
- The plot_band_structure and plot_butterfly programs can replot band structures and butterfly spectra saved to file.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The opened project pages provide no security or compliance claims.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The opened documentation pages do not state security or compliance commitments.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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