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PHYSICS 4G03

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · Computational Phys · C01

Readings

  • eText An Introduction To Computational Physics - 6 Month Access Ed: 2
    Pang · 2 · Suggested
    ISBN 9780511137945; 9780521532761
Fall 2026 · C01

Topics

  • Number representations. Errors, Uncertainties
  • Evaluation of functions. Integration
  • Random Numbers Stochastic Methods
  • Monte Carlo Methods Simulations
  • Linear Algebra, matrices Diagonalization, Jacobi’s method
  • Lanczos methods Differential Equations. Finite Difference
  • Numerov’s Method Partial differential equations.
  • Euler’s method Runge Kutta
  • Molecular Dynamics Leap Frog Verlet.
  • MD Simulations Parallelization
  • OpenMP + MPI
  • Test

Readings

  • An Introduction to Computational Physics
    Tao Pang · Recommended / optional
    Cambridge
  • C++ Primer (5th Edition)
    Lippman, Lajoie, Moo · Recommended / optional
    Addison Wesley
  • C++ Primer (5th Edition) Authors: Lippman, Lajoie, Moo Publisher: Addison Wesley
    See source
Fall 2025 · Computational Phys · C01

Readings

  • Etext An Introduction To Computational Physics - 6 Month Access Ed: 2
    Pang · 2 · Suggested
    ISBN 9780511137945; 9780521532761
Sources