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Computational Physics Lecture Notes and Problems

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The purpose of this note is demonstrate to students how computers can enable us to both broaden and deepen our understanding of physics by vastly increasing the range of mathematical calculations which we can conveniently perform. Topics covered includes: Scientific programming in C, Integration of ODEs, The chaotic pendulum, Poisson's equation, The diffusion equation, The wave equation, Particle-in-cell codes and Monte-Carlo methods.

Author(s): Richard Fitzpatrick

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Lecture Notes on Computational Physics

This note covers the following topics: Basic computer hardware and software, Machine precision and errors, C++, Dislin - a high-level plotting library for displaying data, Linux, Numerical Libraries, Roots of nonlinear equations, Interpolation, Differentiation, Integration, Matrices, ODE - Ordinary Differential Equations, ODE boundary value problem, Nonlinear Differential Equations, PDE - partial differential equations, Random Numbers and Monte Carlo Applications, Data Modeling, Projectile motion with air resistance and Planetary motion.

Author(s): Alexander Godunov

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Computational Physics Lecture Notes and Problems

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