| Wk |
Days |
Reading (printed/eBook) |
Topics |
Video Lectures |
Projects
(printed/eBook) |
Due (11:59 PM) |
| 1 |
25 Sept |
1.1-.4/1.1-.6 |
Orientation, Editing, Execution
(optional Unix Web Tutorial) |
o Introductions
o Computing
Basics |
Sec. 1.4.2/1.6.2
(questions 1-9) |
1 Oct |
| |
27 Sept |
1.5-.6/1.7-.8 |
Limits: precision, under
&
overflows |
o Number
Representations |
1.5.2/1.7.3 (1-2), 1.5.4/1.75 (Python has no singles) |
1 Oct |
| 2 |
2,4 Oct |
2.1-.3 |
Errors & Uncertainties |
o IEEE
Floats
o Machine
Precision
o Errors |
2.3.1
(parts 1-6) |
8 Oct |
| 3 |
9 Oct |
3.1-.4/3.1-.7, 4.1-.5/4.1-.6 |
Visualization Tools,
Object-Oriented
Programming |
o TBA
o OOP |
(If Python, use MatPlotLib), Gnuplot also OK, 3.2/3.4.4, 3.3.1/3.9.1 (Grace) 4.5*/4.6* (OOP if needed) |
15 Oct |
| |
11Oct |
6.1-.2 |
Numerical Integration |
o Integration |
6.2.5, 6.3 |
15 Oct |
| 4 |
16 Oct |
5.1-.2 |
Deterministic Randomness |
o Monte
Carlo
Randomness |
5.2.2 (1-6) |
22 Oct |
| |
18 Oct |
5.3-.6 |
Monte
Carlo Simulations
("play"
data with HearData
tool) |
o MonteCarloApps |
5.4.2 (1-6,7),
5.6 (1-5) |
22 Oct |
| 5 |
23 Oct |
14.1-.6,
14.14 |
HPC & Hardware |
o Hardware I
o HardwareII
o HPCexercise
o HPCexer II |
14.14.4/14.15.4 (The Physics Linux boxes have C (gcc) and Fortran (g77, g90) |
29 Oct |
| |
25 Oct |
|
Numerical Differentiation |
o Differentiation |
7.5
(1a,b,c) [typo: c: truncation -> algorithmic] |
29 Oct |
| 6 |
30 Oct |
7.1-.6 |
Midterm
Exam, signup via
https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ecampus/proctoring/ |
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1 Nov |
7.7-.10 |
Trial & Error Searching |
o Searching
o N-Dim
Searching |
7.9.1 (1-5)
+ Ph564: 7.10.2 (1) |
5 Nov |
| 7 |
6 Nov |
8.1-.3/8.1-.4 |
Matrix Computing |
o Matrices |
8.3.4/8.4.3 (1,2,4) |
12 Nov |
| |
8 Nov |
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+Ph564:
8.3.6/8.4.5 (3: 3 masses) |
12 Nov |
| 8 |
13, 15 Nov |
8.4-.7/8.5-.8 |
Interpolation, Least-Square
Fitting |
o Interpolation
o Fitting |
8.5.2/8.5.3 (OK to substitute spline),
8.7.2, + Ph564: 8.75 (1) |
19 Nov |
| 9 |
20 Nov |
9.1-.5 |
Differential Equations |
o ODEs
o
ODEalgorithms
o ODElab |
9.5.4 (1-4)
(rk45 for Ph564 only) |
|
| 10 |
27, 29 Nov |
|
Differential Eqs, Finish up |
|
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30 Nov |
| F |
3 Dec |
|
Final
Exam |
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