LABORATORY FOR COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
COD. 1005897
DEGREE: PHYSICS
TYPE OF COURSE: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Italian or English
Prerequisites
Linear algebra, ODEs, PDEs, Mathematical methods for Physics, basic computational skills
Course contents summary
- Computer and Numbers
- Representing functions
- Interpolation
- Derivatives and integrals
- Root Finding
- Linear Systems of Equations
- Ordinary Differential Equations
- Partial Differential Equations
- Some Applications
Recommended readings
Numerical Recipes, the Art of Scientific Computing
Teaching methods
Lectures and work at computer
Assessment methods and criteria
Exercises and final project
Other informations
Interested students are invited to contact me to discuss eventual changes to the plan due to their background and interests
NAME OF LECTURER
BERNUZZI Sebastiano
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015/2016
YEAR OF STUDY: 1
SEMESTER: Second semester
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 6
UNIT COORDINATOR: BERNUZZI Sebastiano
CONTACT HOURS: 62
INDIVIDUAL WORK HOURS: 186
