Physics 281 - Computational Physics

Wednesday/Friday Section

Fall 2008

Schedule of Classes and Topics

Class Day Date Lecture Topic Exercise
1 W Sep 3 Introduction [pdf] -
2 F Sep 5 MATLAB [pdf] Exercise 1
Unix Summary [pdf] -
3 W Sep 10 MATLAB (continued) [pdf] Exercise 2
4 F Sep 12 Iteration and Recursion [pdf] Exercise 3
5 W Sep 17 Approximation of a Function [pdf] Exercise 4
6 F Sep 19 - - -
7 W Sep 24 Numerical Integration [pdf] Exercise 5
8 F Sep 26 - - -
9 W Oct 1 Random Numbers and Random Processes [pdf] Exercise 6
10 F Oct 3 Project 1 - Radiative Transfer in a Planetary Atmosphere [pdf] Project 1
11 W Oct 8 - - -
12 F Oct 10 Comments on Exercise 5 [pdf] -
12 - - Comments on Exercise 6 [pdf] -
13 W Oct 15 - - -
14 F Oct 17 - - -
15 W Oct 22 Differential Equations [pdf] Exercise 7
16 F Oct 24 Differential Equations II [pdf] Exercise 8
17 W Oct 29 Equations of Motion [pdf] Exercise 9
17 - - 4th Order Runge-Kutta Implementation [pdf] -
18 F Oct 31 Project 2 Lecture [pdf] -
19 W Nov 5 - - Project 2
20 F Nov 7 - - -
- W Nov 12 NO CLASS - -
21 F Nov 14 - - -
22 W Nov 19 - - -
23 F Nov 21 - - -
24 W Nov 26 - - -
- F Nov 28 THANKSGIVING BREAK - -
25 W Dec 3 Partial Differential Equations I [pdf] Exercise 10
26 F Dec 5 Partial Differential Equations II [pdf] Exercise 11
27 W Dec 10 Partial Differential Equations III [pdf] Exercise 12
28 F Dec 12 - - -

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