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Physics
464/564 Computational Physics I Scientific Computing II |
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| Schedule_eCampus Winter 2011 © RH Landau, 2011 | ||
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Submit each project by sending email to
rubin@science.oregonstate.edu
with attached report or the URL for your report.
A compiled language
should be used for the projects.
PPh 464 students may do additional 564
problems for
extra credit. For full credit, make sure to include all required elements. |
Text: A Survey of Computational Physics, Introductory Computational Science, Landau, Paez, & Bordeianu, Princeton University Press, 2008.
| Wk | Days | Reading (printed/eBook) | Topics | Video Lectures |
Projects (printed/eBook) |
Due (midnight) |
| 1 | 4 Jan | 1.1-.4/1.1-.6 |
Orientation, Computing Setup, Editing & Execution (optional Unix Web Tutorial) |
Sec. 1.4.2/1.6.2 (questions 1-9) |
10 Jan |
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| 6 Jan | 1.5-.6/1.7-.8 | Limits: precision, underflows & overflows | o Number Representations | 1.5.2/1.7.3 (1-2), 1.5.4/1.75 (all) |
10 Jan |
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| 2 | 11, 13 Jan |
2.1-.3 |
Errors & Uncertainties |
o IEEE
Floats o Machine Precision o Errors |
2.3.1 (parts 1-6) | 17 Jan |
| 3 | 18 Jan | 3.1-.4/3.1-.7, 4.1-.5/4.1-.6 | Visualization Tools, Object-Oriented Programming | o TBA o OOP |
3.2/3.4.2, 3.3.1/3.10.1, 4.4.4*/4.6* | 24 Jan |
| 20 Jan | 6.1-.2 | Numerical Integration | o Integration | 6.2.5, 6.3 | 24 Jan | |
| 4 | 25 Jan | 5.1-.2 |
Deterministic Randomness |
o Monte Carlo Randomness | 5.2.2 (1-6) | 31 Jan |
| 25 Jan | 5.3-.6 | MMonte Carlo Simulations ("play" data with HearData tool) | o MonteCarloApps | 5.4.2 (1-6), 5.6 (1-5) | 31 Jan | |
| 5 | 1 Feb | Reading, Understand HW |
Midterm
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| 3 Feb |
14.1-.6, 14.14 |
HPC & Hardware |
o Hardware
I o HardwareII o HPCexercise o HPCexerciseII |
14.14.4 | 7 Feb | |
| 6 | 8 Feb | 7.1-.6 |
Numerical Differentiation |
o Differentiation | 7.5 (1a,b,c) | 14 Feb |
| 10 Feb | 7.7-.10 |
Trial & Error Searching |
o Searching o N-Dimensional Searching |
7.9.1 (1-5) +Ph564: 7.10.2 (1) |
14 Feb | |
| 7 | 15 Feb | 8.1-.3/8.1-.4 | Matrix Computing | o Matrices | 8.3.4/8.4.3 (1,2,4) | 21 Feb |
| 17 Feb | +Ph564 : 8.3.6/8.4.5 (1) | 21 Feb | ||||
| 8 | 22, 24 Feb | 8.4-.7/8.5-.8 | Interpolation, Least-Square Fitting |
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Interpolation o Fitting |
8.5.2/8.6.2 (OK to substitute spline), 8.7.2/8.8.2, + Ph564: 8.75/8.8.5 (1) |
28 Feb |
| 9 | 1, 3 March | 9.1-.5 | Differential Equations |
o ODEs o ODEalgorithms o ODElab |
9.5.4 (1-4) (rk45 for Ph564 only) |
7 Mar |
| 10 | 8, 10 Mar | Differential Eqs, Catch up | 17 Mar | |||
| F | 16 Mar |
Final
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