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update¶

Updater operations modify the simulation state when they act.

See also

hoomd.Operations

hoomd.Simulation

Tutorial: Introducing HOOMD-blue

Classes

BoxResize
CustomUpdater
FilterUpdater
RemoveDrift

Development of HOOMD-blue is led by the Glotzer Group at the University of Michigan (supported by NSF DMR 1808342) with many external contributions.

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