PHY 410-505 Computational Physics I Fall 2008

Homework

• Assignment 10 due Friday, December 12

• Assignment 11 due Friday, December 12

Final Exam

• Wednesday December 10
• 11:45 am - 2:45 in Capen 260
• Closed book/computer, two 8.5x11 formula sheets allowed
• Cumulative 1-7, chapters 4-7 will be emphasized
• Sample exams from last year: 410, 505

Lecture Notes

Chapter 7

• Friday December 5 Lecture Notes

• Wednesday December 3 Lecture Notes

• Monday December 1 Lecture Notes

• Monday November 24 Lecture Notes

• Friday November 21 Lecture Notes

• Wednesday November 19 Lecture Notes

• Monday November 17 Lecture Notes

• Friday November 14 Lecture Notes

Chapter 6

• Wednesday November 12 Lecture Notes

• Monday November 10 Lecture Notes

• Friday November 7 Lecture Notes

• Wednesday November 5 Lecture Notes

• Monday November 3 Lecture Notes

• Friday October 31 Lecture Notes

Chapter 5

• Wednesday October 29 Lecture Notes

• Monday October 27 Lecture Notes

• Friday October 24 Lecture Notes

• Wednesday October 22 Lecture Notes

Previous Chapters

• Chapter 4 Notes and Codes
• Chapter 3 Notes and Codes
• Chapter 2 Notes and Codes
• Chapter 1 Notes and Codes

Midterm Exam

• Friday, October 17, 5:00-5:50 pm in class
  • Syllabus: Chapters 1,2,3
  • Sample 410 Exam
  • Sample 505 Exam
  • The exam is closed book/computer, but as stated in the syllabus, one 8.5x11 formula sheet (both sides) IS allowed

Information

• The required textbook Computational Physics by Giordano and Nakanishi is available at the University Bookstore and from many online bookstores.

• We will be using C++ as the official programming language this semester, and Mathematica optionally as a fancy calculator.

• Numerical Recipes is a great reference for computational physics. We will be using the free Second Edition in C online. Note: you need to download and install the free FileOpen plugin.

• Thinking in C++ Volume 1 by Bruce Eckel

Syllabus

• Course Syllabus in PDF format