Physics 3730/5720 Assignments


PHYCS 3730/5720
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Fall Semester 2000

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Assignment list.

Assignment 1,   Intro to Unix, due 07-Sep-2000.
Assignment 2,   Printing, Plotting and Image-handling, due 14-Sep-2000.
Assignment 3,   Document preparation (HTML, LaTeX), due 21-Sep-2000.
Assignment 4,   Intro to C++, due 4-Oct-2000.
Assignment 5,   A little more C++, due 4-Oct-2000.
Assignment 6,   Classes in C++, due 23-Oct-2000. (Updated 9:30am, 17-Oct-2000)
Assignment 7,   Randomness, due 02-Nov-2000.
Assignment 8,   Some Monte Carlo plus Linking C++, C and Fortran, due 17-Nov-2000.
Assignment 9,   Data fitting., due 25-Nov-2000.
Assignment 10,   Intro to Maple and a C++ wrap-up, due XX-Dec-2000.
P5720 final project   The FPU experiment, due XX-Dec-2000.

Unless otherwise stated, homework will be assigned by Friday of a given week and will be due at 2pm on the second monday after it is assigned. There will be no extensions given unless previously arranged with the instructor or the grader.

Instructions for handing in assignments

We will use the submit facility to turn in files to be graded. Type man submit for details. An executive summary:

submit p5720
lists the various assignment names and displays comments about each one (typically a comment about the due data).

submit p5720 a01
lists all the files which you have submitted for assignment a01. Note that the assignment name must match one of the assignments listed when you type submit p5720.

submit p5720 a01 file1 file2 file3
actually submits your files file1, file2 and file3 for the assignment a01. Unlike the assignment name, the filenames can be anything you want (although, in most cases you will be requested to use specific names for each exercise). You may use this command to submit more files at a later time or to overwrite files which you have already submitted.

Hardcopy.

It may, on occasion, be convenient to work from a printout of the assignments as opposed to reading your browser directly. To get a printout, choose the "print" option of the "File" button on your browser (I am assuming you use Netscape Navigator). It will pop up a small window, giving you the option to print directly to the printer or to write to a (postscript) file. Choose the latter by clicking on the "File" button. This will cause the "File name:" input box to focus, with the default filename netscape.ps. Next click the "Print" button at the bottom left of the window. Finally, go to an xterm window, cd back to your home directory, and type
mprint netscape.ps
then you have to choose a printer (options 5 or 7 are the LaserJets in the South Physics 205 Computer lab).

There are simpler ways of doing this, such as dumping to the printer directly from the browser. Be careful though, the default printer may not be in South Physics. Also, it is generally a good idea to dump stuff from the web into a file first, since some pages resolve to a huge amount of postscript data and can clog up a print queue.

bcb. updated 09-Sep-98.