Text: Due to the significant diversity in topics to be covered,
there is no required text for the course. For testing purposes,
you will be responsible only for material covered in lectures
and homework assignments. I will distribute some class
notes
when appropriate, but you will usually be responsible for taking notes in
class. The optional text, Numerical Recipes (2nd edition),
by Press et al is particularly recommended for those of you
who anticipate
doing further numerical work. Note, however, that the full text of the book
is available
on-line.
Also note that there are distinct Fortran 77 and
C versions of the book: choose the one which you feel will suit you
best. See the Suggested References
web page for texts and other references pertinent to the course,
and the Course Resources
web page for a collection of on-line reference/instructional
material.
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August 26 Unix |
August 28 Unix |
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August 31 Unix |
September 2 Unix |
September 4 Maple |
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H1 | September 9 Maple |
September 11 Maple |
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H2 | September 14 Scientific Programming |
September 16 Scientific Programming |
September 18 Scientific Programming |
September 21 Scientific Programming |
September 23 Scientific Programming |
September 25 Scientific Programming |
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H3 |
September 28 Scientific Programming |
September 30 Soln of Linear Systems |
October 2 Test 1 |
October 5 Soln of Linear Systems |
October 7 Soln of Linear Systems |
October 9 Finite Difference Methods |
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October 12 Finite Difference Methods |
October 14 Finite Difference Methods |
October 16 Finite Difference Methods |
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H4 | October 19 Finite Difference Methods |
October 21 Finite Difference Methods |
October 23 Non-linear Equations |
October 26 Non-linear Equations |
October 28 Finite Difference Methods |
October 30 Cellular Automata |
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November 2 Cellular Automata |
November 4 Test 2 |
November 6 Particle Simulations |
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H5 | November 9 Particle Simulations |
November 11 Particle Simulations |
November 13 Solution of ODEs |
November 16 Solution of ODEs |
November 18 Solution of ODEs |
November 20 Solution of ODEs |
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November 23 Solution of ODEs |
November 25 Monte Carlo Methods |
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H6 | November 30 Monte Carlo Methods |
December 2 Monte Carlo Methods |
December 4 Course Evaluation |