Intro

These aren’t comprehensive lecture notes or a textbook. They’re simply my attempt to organize everything I have to learn to understand fluid simulation beyond just copying code.

What started as “I’ll build a simple fluid simulator this weekend” quickly turned into weeks of relearning calculus, numerical methods, and linear algebra before I could even understand the papers I was trying to read.

I’m still very much learning. As I continue exploring the topic, I’ll keep adding notes on the mathematics, numerical methods, and simulation techniques I find useful. If you’re trying to learn this stuff too, maybe they’ll save you a few of the detours I had to take.