Computational Methods in Physics

3 Units

Numerical methods, data analysis, and error analysis applied to physical problems. Use of personal computers in the solution of practical problems encountered in physics. Interpolation, roots of equations, integration, differential equations, Monte Carlo techniques, propagation of errors, maximum likelihood, convolution, Fourier transforms. Prereq: ENGR 131 or CSDS 132 or ECSE 132 . Prereq or Coreq: MATH 224 and PHYS 221 .