Physics 281 - Computational Physics

Wednesday/Friday Section

Fall 2009

Class Grade Table by Code ID (updated 11/04/2009)

Schedule of Exercises

Exercise Assigned Date Due Date Copy Report to:
Practice with MATLAB Sept. 11 Sept. 16 ~schloerb/ph281/username
More Practice with MATLAB Sept. 16 Sept. 18 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Practice with MATLAB Plotting Sept. 18 Sept. 23 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Practice with MATLAB Functions Sept. 23 Sept. 25 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Iterative Algorithms Sept. 25 Sept. 30 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Interpolation Sept. 30 Oct. 2 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Numerical Integration Oct. 2 Oct. 7 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Random Numbers and Monte Carlo Integration Oct. 7 Oct. 9 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Radiation Transfer as a Random Walk Oct. 9 Oct. 14 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Using Matlab to solve an ODE Oct. 21 Oct. 23 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Using Matlab to solve a second order ODE Oct. 23 Oct. 28 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Runge-Kutta Method for Pendulum Oct. 28 Oct. 30 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Orbit Calculation Oct. 30 Nov. 4 ~schloerb/ph281/username
Orbit Calculation with 4th Order Runge-Kutta Nov. 4 Nov. 6 ~schloerb/ph281/username

How-to Guide to submit exercise results

Schedule of Projects

Project Assigned Date Due Date Copy Report to:
Radiative Transfer in a Planetary Atmosphere Oct. 14 Oct. 28 ~schloerb/ph281/username/Project1
Stability of Planetary Orbits in a Binary System Nov. 6 Nov. 20 ~schoerb/ph281/username/Project2

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