Course code: PHYS 78100
Title: Computational Methods in Physics
Number of hours, credits: 4 class hours, 4 credits
Course Description:
This course introduces many of the computational techniques commonly used in physics or more generally in computational science. Techniques used for numerical calculation, numerical simulation, optimization and data science will be discussed. The course will focus on understanding the considerations that go into designing a numerical algorithm and the limitations of any numerical method.
Recommended Texts:
Computational Physics, Mark Newman, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1480145511. Amazon Link
Topics:
1 Introduction to Python Chapter 2
2 Plotting in Python Chapter 3
3 Integration Chapter 4
4 Differentiation Chapter 5
4 interpolation / root finding
5 linear algebra Chapter 6
6 FFTs Chapter 7
7 ODEs Chapter 8
8 fitting/optimization
9 PDEs Chapter 9
10 Monte Carlo Chapter 10
11 genetic algorithms
12 parallel computing
13 machine learning
14 data mining
