Department of Physics, University of
Utah
Course Number: Physics 3730 (4)
Course Title: Introduction to
Computing in Physics
- REPRESENTATIVE TEXTBOOK
- None
- COURSE DESCRIPTION
- Introduction to computational technique in science and engineering, using Unix
workstations.
- PRE-REQUISITE
- Math 2250
- OTHER COMMENTS
- Eventually PHYCS 1090 should become prerequisite. This course meets concurrently with
PHYCS 5720.
- MANDATORY TOPICS
- Topic 1:
- Unix File Structure and Basic Commands (1 week plus scattered)
- Topic 2:
- Text Editing with Emacs (scattered throughout - total 1 week)
- Topic 3:
- Introduction to the C Programming Language (2 weeks)
- Topic 4:
- Introduction to Symbolic Mathematics (e.g. Maple) (2 weeks)
- Topic 5:
- Scientific Document Preparation with LaTeX. (1 week)
- Topic 6:
- Statistics and Linear Least Chi Square Fitting (2 weeks)
- Topic 7:
- C Language Linking to Scientific Subroutine Packages (1 week)
- Topic 8:
- Internet Resources for Scientific Computing (1 week)
- OPTIONAL TOPICS
- Topic 1:
- Linear Algebra with Matrices
- Topic 2:
- Cubic Spline Interpolation
- Topic 3:
- Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations
- Topic 4:
- Fourier Transforms
- Links to exisiting web page for this course:
- 3730
Prepared by Carleton DeTar (3/2/99)