Course: Introduction to Computational Methods for Physicists

Topic outline

General
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR PHYSICISTS

Instructor: Hande ÜSTÜNEL

Added: 14 September 2009
- Course Structure: Hour long classes - four times a week
Topic 1
Introductory Linux and Shell Scripts
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- Lab Topic: Introductory Linux and Shell Scripts
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- Homework Topic: Introductory Linux and Shell Scripts
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Topic 2
Introduction to Octave
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- Lab Topic: Introductory Octave
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- Homework Topic: Introductory Octave and projectile motion
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Topic 3
Realistic motion in one dimension
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- Lab Topic: Taylor Expansion and Projectile Motion
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- Homework Topic: Systems of linear equations and Kirchoff's laws
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Topic 4
Realistic motion in multiple dimensions --- cannon and baseball
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- Lab Topic: Taylor Expansion and Projectile Motion
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- Homework Topic: Partial differential equations and traveling waves on strings
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Topic 5
No lecture, see Lab 05.
- Lab Topic: Systems of Linear Equations and Kirchoff's Laws
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Topic 6
Solving partial differential equations, waves in strings
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- Lab Topic: Solving partial differential equations, waves in strings
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Topic 7
Random systems and random walk
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- Lab Topic: Random systems and random walk
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Topic 8
Fractals and fractal dimensionality
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- Lab Topic: Fractals and fractal dimensionality
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Topic 9
Introduction to C
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- Homework Topic: Introduction to C
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Topic 10
Numerical integration
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- Lab Topic: Numerical integration
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Topic 11
Lab Topic: Earthquake modelling
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