Lecture Notes
Lecture notes will be posted at least 2 days before each lecture.
You should download and read them before class.
November 6: lec-5-4.pdf
November:
2,
4,
6
October:
2,
5,
7,
9,
16,
19,
21,
23,
26,
28,
30.
September: 2,
4,
9,
11,
14,
16,
18,
21,
23,
28,
30
August: 31.
Syllabus
The course syllabus in PDF format syllabus.pdf lists course information, requirements, deadlines, and other important information.
Textbooks
There is no required textbook for this course. In previous semesters we used Giordano and Nakanishi, Gould, Tobochnik and Christian, Pang, Garcia. Any one of these would be appropriate if you would like to purchase a supplementary reference. Check out these excellent Lecture Notes by Professor Hjorth-Jensen. To learn C++ start with Herb Schildt's C++ Beginner's Guide and refer to Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++ for more advanced concepts. For much much more check out The C++ Programming Language by its inventor. Numerical Recipes is an excellent resource, unfortunately not free: older editions are available free online.
Final Exam
Monday, December 14, 11:45 am - 2:45 pm, Bell 337
- Brief questions similar to quizzes
- Closed book/computer
- Two 8.5x11 cheat sheets allowed
Questions, Comments, ...
The preferred forum for subject-related questions and comments is the Discussion Board on UBlearns. Feel free to contribute answers as well as ask questions! Email me at phygons@buffalo.edu regarding personal issues.
Homework Assignments
Current Assignment 7: homework7.pdf is due Sunday November 8, 11:59 pm, UBlearns Digital Dropbox.
Future Assignment 8: homework8.pdf is due Sunday November 15, 11:59 pm, UBlearns Digital Dropbox.
Past Assignments: homework1.pdf, homework2.pdf, homework3.pdf, homework4.pdf, homework5.pdf, homework6.pdf.
Computer
Check that your computer satisfies minimum UB Hardware Standards. Add memory if your older machine is slowing down, and defragment the hard drive.
Software
If you do not already have a C++ development environment and numerical tools, download the required software and start learning to use it:
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C++ development tools to code homework assignments.
- Windows
- Visual C++ Express
OR Cygwin (bash, g++, ...) - Macintosh
- Xcode
- Linux
- GCC4. Many Linux programmers use Emacs or vi for code development. Check out this list of C/C++ IDEs if you want something like Visual C++ or Xcode.
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Gnuplot to plot data.
Bookmark the Gnuplot
not so
FAQ.
For alternatives see Wikipedia's Graphics Software, check out SciDAVis. Mac users check out Plot. - We will use OpenGL and GLUT to program animations in a GUI. See the OpenGL and GLUT HOWTO for instructions on setting up GLUT on your computer.
- We will learn to use the GNU Scientific Library
Optional recommended software: UB has site licenses for Mathematica ($9.95), Maple (Free), and MATLAB ($29.95), see UBIT Software. Make sure your Word Processor can output PDF (required format for homework). If you use Microsoft Word you may need to download and install PDF Support. I strongly recommend LaTeX for scientific word processing: for an excellent free WYSIWYM LaTeX document processor check out LyX.