Physics 464/564 Scientific Computing II
Schedule Spring 2008 © RH Landau, Oregon State University
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Physics 464/564 Scientific Computing II |
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Schedule Spring 2008 © RH Landau, Oregon State University |
Assigments
due on Mondays.
Submit each by
sending email to rubinATscience.oregonstate.edu
with URL for your report .
Mozilla
Composer, Kompozer,
SeaMonkey Composer, Frontpage are recommended web page editors.
Compiled language (esp. Java), or Maple may be used for projects.
Ph 464 students may do additional 564
problems for
extra credit.
| Wk | Days | Reading | Topics | Video Lectures | Lab Work | Due (midnight) |
| 1 | 1 April | 1.1-1.4 |
Orientation, Lab Setup, Unix Editing & Execution (optional Unix Web Tutorial) |
1.4.2 (parts 1-9) |
7 April |
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| 3 April | 1.5-1.6 | Limits: precision, underflows & overflows | o Number Representations | 1.5.2 (1 & 2), 1.5.4 |
7 April |
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| 2 | 8, 11 April |
2.1-2.3 |
Errors & Uncertainties |
o IEEE
Floats o Machine Precision o Errors |
2.3.1 | 14 April |
| 3 | 15 April | 3.1-3.4* | Visualization Tools, Object-Oriented Programming | o OOP | - | 21 April |
| 17 April | 5.1-5.2 | Numerical Integration | o Integration | 5.2.5, 5.3 | 21 April | |
| 4 | 22 April | 4.1-4.2 |
Deterministic Randomness |
o Monte Carlo Randomness | 4.2.2 | 28 April |
| 25 April | 4.3-4.6 | Monte Carlo Simulations ("play" data with HearData tool) | o MonteCarloApps | 4.4.2, 4.6 | 28 April | |
| 5 | 29 April | 9.1-9.8 |
HPC & Hardware |
o Hardware o HardwareII o HPCexercise o HPCexerciseII |
9.7.4* (optional) | 5 May |
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| 6 | 6 May | 6.1-6.6 |
Numerical Differentiation |
o Differentiation | 6.5 (1a,b,c) | 12 May |
| 8 May | 6.7-6.10 |
Trial & Error Searching |
o Searching o N-Dimensional Searching |
6.9.1, +Ph564: 6.10.2 (#1) |
12 May | |
| 7 | 13 May | 7.1-7.3 | Matrix Computing | o Matrices | 7.3.4 (1,2,4) | 19 May |
| 16 May | +Ph564 :7.3.6 | 19 May | ||||
| 8 | 20, 22 May | 7.6-7.7 | Interpolation, Least-Square Fitting | o
Interpolation o Fitting |
7.5.2
(spline OK), 7.7.2, +Ph564: 7.75 |
25 May |
| 9 | 26, 29 May | 8.1-8.5 | Differential Equations | o ODEs o ODEalgorithms o ODElab |
8.5.4 (rk45 for Ph564 only) |
5 June |
| 10 | 3, 5 June | Catchup, help | ||||
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