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Welcome to the Physics 780.20 Computational Physics home page!
URL: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~ntg/780/compphys.php
The course information is available here plus lots of supplementary
info. Please check this page regularly.
Recent changes to this page: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.
| Date of Session | Guide | Notes | Packed Files | Handouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/03/07 | Session 1 | notes [pdf] | session01.zip | C++ options [pdf] [ps]; GSL intro [ps]; Hjorth-Jensen contents [pdf] [ps]; Session 1 code printouts [pdf] [ps] |
| 01/08/07 | Session 2 | notes [pdf] | session02.zip | Gnuplot basics [pdf] [ps]; Gnuplot tutorial; |
| 01/10/07 | Session 3 | notes [pdf] | session03.zip | Fitting with Gnuplot [pdf] [ps]; Formatting with C++ Manipulators (UIC notes) [pdf]; integ_test.cpp and integ_routines.cpp [pdf] [ps] printouts; derivative_test_simple.cpp [pdf] [ps] printout; |
| 01/17/07 | Session 4 | notes [pdf] | session04.zip | Gnuplot plot files [pdf] [ps]; Integrals with Singularities [pdf] [ps]; |
| 01/23/07 | Session 5 | notes [pdf] | session05.zip | Random round-off? [pdf] [ps]; nan_test.cpp [ps], eigen_tridiagonal.cpp [ps], eigen_basis.cpp [ps], and harmonic_oscillator.cpp [ps] printouts |
| 01/29/07 | Session 6 | notes [pdf] | session06.zip | diffeq_routines.cpp [ps], and diffeq_test.cpp [ps] printouts |
| 01/31/07 | Session 7 | notes [pdf] | session07.zip | diffeq_oscillations.cpp [ps] |
| 02/07/07 | Session 8 | notes [pdf] |
session08.zip session08_linux.zip |
Plots of damped oscillations [pdf] [ps]; filename_test.cpp printout [ps]; GnuplotPipe class printout [ps]; diffeq_pendulum.cpp printout [ps]; nonlinear Mathematica notebook; |
| 02/12/07 | Session 9 | notes [pdf] | session09.zip | GSL interpolation [pdf] [ps]; |
| 02/14/07 | Session 10 | notes [pdf] | session10.zip | Pendulum Power Spectra [pdf] [ps]; multifit_test.cpp printout [ps]; multimin_test.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 02/19/07 | Session 11 | notes [pdf] | session11.zip session11_linux.zip | man pages for random, urandom [ps]; gaussian_random.cpp printout [ps]; random_walk.cpp printout [ps]; RandomWalk_test.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 02/21/07 | Session 12 | notes [pdf] | session12.zip | sampling_test.cpp printout [ps]; ising_model.cpp printout [ps]; ising_opt.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 02/26/07 | Session 13 | notes [pdf] | session13.zip | autocorrelation_test.cpp printout [ps]; variational_SHO.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 03/05/07 | Session 14 | notes [pdf] | session14.zip | multimin_nacl.cpp printout [ps]; multimin_sa_compare.cpp printout [ps]; multimin_sim.cpp printout [ps]; |
| 03/07/07 | Session 15 | notes [pdf] | session15.zip | gnuplot 3d plots [pdf] [ps], 3d_shape.dat; eqheat.cpp printout [ps]; square_test.cpp printout [ps]; |
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A complete copy of M. Hjorth-Jensen's 2006 notes on "Computational Physics" is available as a PDF file.
| Class Period | Reading | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 01/03/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Table of Contents (pdf) (ps.gz) | Table of Contents |
| 01/03/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 1 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Overview and contents |
| 01/08/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 2 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Introduction. Especially 2.2 and 2.3. |
| 01/10/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 3 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Numerical Differentiation. |
| 01/17/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 7 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Numerical Integration. |
| 01/22/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 4 (pdf) and Ch. 12 (pdf) | Linear Algebra and Eigensystems. |
| 01/24/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 13 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Differential Equations. |
| 02/07/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 6 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Numerical Interpolation, Extrapolation and Fitting of Data. |
| 02/14/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 8 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Outline of the Monte-Carlo Strategy |
| 02/14/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 9 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Random walks and the Metropolis Algorithm |
| 02/19/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 10 (pdf) (ps.gz) | Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics |
| 02/19/07 | M. Hjorth-Jensen, Ch. 11 (pdf) (gs.gz) | Quantum Monte-Carlo Methods |
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Click on the problem set number to get a copy of the assignment.
| Due Date | Assignment | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01/30/07 | #1 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
| 01/27/06 | #2 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
| 03/02/07 | #3 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
| 02/28/07 | #4 [pdf] | hints, suggestions, etc. |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2003 | Bash Prompt HOWTO (pdf) | Creating and controlling terminal and xterm Bash prompts, compiled by Giles Orr. |
| 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" |
| 16-Mar-2006 | Gnuplot manual (pdf) | "Gnuplot -- An Interactive Plotting Program" |
| 09-Jan-2005 | Gnuplot fitting (ps) (pdf) | "Finding the Slope of XY Data from a File with Gnuplot" |
| 15-Jan-2007 | 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 |
| 19-Feb-2006 | Xwin-32 Configuration (pdf) (Word) | Configuring and using the Xwin-32 X-windows emulator. |
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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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Downloads| Last Revised | Script/Program | Comments |
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| 12/28/05 | 780archive.pl | Perl script to create a compressed tape archive (tar.gz or tarz) file. Make sure it is declared executable (chmod +x 780archive.pl). |
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