PHYS 325: Computational Physics III

Topics

Course overview

Programming review

• Python programming
• plotting data using matplotlib
• program acceleration using numpy
• Examples: see the PHYS 305 intro
1. Introduction: electric fields

2. Field lines and equipotentials

   Homework #1   (solutions)

3. Random Numbers and Monte Carlo Methods

4. Variational Methods

   Homework #2   (solutions)

5. Fields due to moving charges

   Homework #3   (solutions)

6. The wave and advection equations

7. Higher order schemes

   Homework #4   (solutions)

   *** Some notes on problem 3.
   *** A python function to plot an image.

8. Extension to higher dimensions and nonlinear systems

   Homework #5   (solutions)

9. Diffusive systems

10. Application to quantum systems

    Homework #6   (solutions)