Physics 329: Introductory Computational Physics, Fall 2011
Dr. Alex Demkov

PHY 329: Introductory Computational Physics
Fall 2011
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INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Alex Demkov, office RLM 13.206, Phone: 471-8560
e-mail: demkov@physics.utexas.edu
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Syllabus: in pdf format (updated)

Class Files:
    

Class Readings (in pdf):
    

Lecture Notes (in pdf):
    Lecture #1
    Lecture #1
    Lectures #3 & #4 | Lecture 4 notes
    Lecture #5
    Lecture #6 | Lecture 6 notes
    Lecture #7 (titled Lecture 8)
    Lecture #8 (Inverse Matrix)
    Lecture #9 (Iterative methods)
    Lecture #10 (Eigenvalue problem)
    Lecture #11 (Jacobic Method)
    Lecture #12 (Optimization in 1 dimension)

(Some of the below may be repeats of above lectures, with additional content):
    Notes 1 (Eigenvalue Problem)
    Notes 2 (Optimimization in 1 Dimension)
    Notes 3 (Gradient)
    Notes 4 (Curve Fitting)
    Notes 5 (Lagrange)
    Notes 6 (Fourier)
    Notes 7 (Numerical Calculus)
    Notes 8 (Numerical Integration)
    Notes 9 (Gaussian)
    Initial Value Problem
    Ruge-Kutta Methods
    Multi-step methods
    Systems of 1st order ODE
    Boundary Value Problem
    Molecular Dynamics
    Partial Differential Equations

Homework (in pdf):
    HW #1
    HW #2
    HW #3
    HW #4
    HW #5
    HW #6

Quiz Solutions (in pdf):
    Midterm
    Midterm 2

Final Project:
    Final Project
    Final Project 2


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