zwicker-group/py-pde: 0.54.0

This release introduces large changes of the infrastructure for stochastic partial differential equations. We now have much broader support, including different interpretations for multiplicative noise, and a Milstein stepper with improved convergence.

What's Changed

• Minor fixes concerning the ffmpeg package by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/811
• Update documentation and improve clarity in backend registration and loading by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/812
• Add numpy dependency and improve fixed interrupt accuracy test for issue #808 by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/813
• Clarified the terms solver and stepper in the whole project. by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/814
• Add tolerance handling in ProgressTracker for final time check by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/817
• Update docstrings for EulerSolver and RungeKuttaSolver to clarify their specific methods by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/819
• Enhance stochastic PDE support with Gaussian noise generation by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/820
• Refactor device handling in TorchBackend and solvers; improve docstring formatting for Euler and Runge-Kutta solvers. by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/821
• Added general machinery to deal with other interpretations of stochastic differential equations than just Itô by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/823
• Add easier control of noise infrastructure by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/824
• moved noise_drift_factor from solver to pde by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/825
• Enhance Torch backend functionality by adding device handling in compile_function and updating post-step hook compilation. Refactor integration tests to utilize get_array_namespace for backend compatibility. by @david-zwicker in https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/pull/826

Full Changelog: https://github.com/zwicker-group/py-pde/compare/0.53.1...0.54.0