Breakthrough Junior Challenge 2020

Script and Manim code. The inverted pendulum simulation code can be found here.

Usage

First, install MiKTeX

# install dependencies in Ubuntu
sudo apt install pkg-config libcairo2-dev ffmpeg sox texlive

# install required latex packages
sudo apt install texlive-latex-extra    # "standalone"
sudo apt install texlive-fonts-extra    # "dsfont"
sudo apt install texlive-science        # "physics"

# install manim
git clone https://github.com/3b1b/manim.git
cd manim
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate manim
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/nathanielbd/bjc2020.git

Add the folowing lines to the preamble of manim/manimlib/tex_template.tex:

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}

Finally,

cd manim
python3 -m manim ../jbc2020/scenes.py <SceneName> -pl

-pl flag means preview at low quality. For production level quality, use -p.