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Welcome to the Physics 780.20 Computational Physics home page!
URL: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~ntg/780/2005/compphys_2005.php
The course information is available here plus lots of supplementary
info. Please check this page regularly.
Recent changes to this page:| Reading | Topic | Class Period |
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| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 1 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Overview and contents | 01/03/05 |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 2 (ps.gz) (pdf) | especially 2.2 and 2.3 | 01/05/05 |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 8 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Numerical Integration | 01/10/05 |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 4 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Numerical Differentiation | 01/19/05 |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 14 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Differential Equations | 01/31/05 |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 9 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Outline of the Monte-Carlo Strategy | 02/21/05 |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 10 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Random walks and the Metropolis Algorithm | 02/23/05 |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 11 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics | TBA |
| M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 12 (ps.gz) (pdf) | Quantum Monte-Carlo Methods | TBA |
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Click on the problem set number to get a copy of the assignment.
| Due Date | Assignment | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01/15/05 | #1 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
| 01/28/05 | #2 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
| 02/12/05 | #3 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
| 03/05/05 | #4 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
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Copies of any handouts are available from Prof. Furnstahl or online below. After the first class, please read the session notes before that session meets. Use "tar xfvz" to unpack the .tarz files.
| Date of Session | Overview | Notes | Packed Files | Handouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/03/05 | Session 1 | notes [pdf] | session01.tarz | Unix commands [ps]; C++ options [pdf] [ps]; GSL intro [ps]; Hjorth-Jensen contents [pdf] [ps]; area.cpp [ps] and make_area [ps] prinouts |
| 01/05/05 | Session 2 | notes [pdf] | session02.tarz | Gnuplot basics [pdf] [ps]; Gnuplot tutorial; |
| 01/10/05 | Session 3 | notes [pdf] | session03.tarz | Fitting with Gnuplot [pdf] [ps]; Formatting with C++ Manipulators (UIC notes) [pdf]; Integrals with Singularities [pdf] [ps]; integ_test.cpp [ps] and integ_routines.cpp [ps] printouts |
| 01/19/05 | Session 4 | notes [pdf] | session04.tarz | Gnuplot plot files [pdf] [ps]; Random round-off? [pdf] [ps]; |
| 01/26/05 | Session 5 | notes [pdf] | session05.tarz | nan_test1.cpp [ps], eigen_basis.cpp [ps], and harmonic_oscillator.cpp [ps] printouts |
| 01/31/05 | Session 6 | notes [pdf] | session06.tarz | diffeq_test.cpp [ps] and diffeq_routines.cpp [ps] printouts |
| 02/02/05 | Session 7 | notes [pdf] | session07.tarz | diffeq_oscillations.cpp [ps] printout |
| 02/06/05 | Session 8 | notes [pdf] | session08.tarz | Plots of damped oscillations [pdf] [ps]; filename_test.cpp printout [ps]; gnuplot_pipe.h printout [ps]; diffeq_pendulum.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 02/14/05 | Session 9 | notes [pdf] | session09.tarz | GSL interpolation [pdf] [ps]; |
| 02/16/05 | Session 10 | notes [pdf] | session10.tarz | multifit_test.cpp printout [ps]; multimin_test.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 02/21/05 | Session 11 | notes [pdf] | session11.tarz | man pages for random, urandom [ps]; random_walk.cpp printout [ps]; random_walk_class_test.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 02/23/05 | Session 12 | notes [pdf] | session12.tarz | sampling_test.cpp printout [ps]; ising_model.cpp printout [ps]; ising_opt.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 02/28/05 | Session 13 | notes [pdf] | session13.tarz | autocorrelation_test.cpp printout [ps]; Variational_SHO_metro.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 03/02/05 | Session 14 | notes [pdf] | session14.tarz | multimin_nacl.cpp printout [ps]; multimin_sa_compare.cpp printout [ps]; multimin_sim.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 03/07/05 | Session 15 | notes [pdf] | session15.tarz | gnuplot 3d plots [pdf] [ps]; gdb debugging [pdf] [ps]; gdb reference card [ps]; eqheat.cpp printout [ps]; check_primes.c printout [ps]; square_test.cpp printout [ps]; eigen_basis.cpp [ps]; 3d_shape.dat |
| 03/09/05 | Session 16 | notes [pdf] | session16.tarz | deltashell_boundstates.cpp printout [ps] |
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You (mostly) have your choice of postscript (ps) or PDF format. If you're not sure, try PDF (and read it with Adobe Acrobat).
| Last Updated | Handout | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan-2004 | C++ Manipulators (pdf) | "Formatting with Manipulators" -- brief guide found on the web. |
| 01-Jan-2004 | C++ Options (ps) (pdf) | "Recommended C++ Options" -- options for g++ (GNU compiler) and icpc (Intel compiler) based on the recommendations in the GSL Reference manual. |
| 06-Mar-2005 | GDB Debugger (ps) (pdf) | "Using the GDB Debugger" -- A tutorial by example. |
| 18-Jan-2004 | Gnuplot basics (ps) (pdf) | "Plotting Data from a File with Gnuplot" |
| 09-Jan-2005 | Gnuplot fitting (ps) (pdf) | "Finding the Slope of XY Data from a File with Gnuplot" |
| 11-Jan-2005 | Gnuplot plot files (ps) (pdf) | "Using a Plot File with Gnuplot" |
| 28-Mar-2004 | Gnuplot 3d plots (ps) (pdf) | "Three-Dimensional Plots with Gnuplot" |
| 01-Jan-2005 | GSL Introduction (ps) | GNU Scientific Library description from the online reference manual. |
| 13-Feb-2005 | GSL Interpolation (ps) (pdf) | "Using GSL Interpolation Functions" |
| 12-Nov-2002 | Input in C (ps) (pdf) | "Interactive Input in C" |
| 16-Jan-2005 | Round-off Errors (ps) (pdf) | A simple empirical investigation of the distribution of round-off errors. |
| 09-Jan-2005 | Tricky Integrals (ps) (pdf) | "Integrals with Singularities or Discontinuous Derivatives" |
| 01-Jan-2005 | Unix Commands (ps) | "Some Useful Unix Commands" based on various web summaries |
| 16-Nov-2003 | Bash Prompt HOWTO (pdf) | Creating and controlling terminal and xterm Bash prompts, compiled by Giles Orr. |
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If you use Internet Explorer on a Windows machine, selecting a Mathematica notebook link should automatically open Mathematica with that notebook. On Macs or linux machines or using other browsers, you can set this behavior.
| Last Revised | Notebook | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 02/25/04 | Nonlinear Differential Equations | Mathematica notebook analyzing the Duffing equation. |
| 02/25/04 | Nonlinear Differential Equations: Pendulum | Mathematica notebook analyzing the physical pendulum. |
| 04/18/02 | Fourier Transform Pictures | Mathematica notebook showing in pictures how to project Fourier coefficients. |
| 04/18/02 | Square Wave | Mathematica notebook showing a square wave being built from sine waves. |
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