Physics 465/565 Computational Physics II

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Schedule & Projects       Winter 2011         © RH Landau, 2011
Submit each project by sending email to rubin@science.oregonstate.edu with your report attached or with its URL. (If your format cannot be read, you will hear about it.) A compiled language should be used for the projects. Ph 465 students may do additional 565 problems for extra credit. Make sure to include all required elements listed on course page for full credit.

Text: A Survey of Computational Physics, Introductory Computational Science, Landau, Paez,  & Bordeianu, Princeton University Press, 2008
Wk Days Reading Topics Video Lectures Projects
 (Probs in these secs)
Due
23:55
1 4, 6 Jan 9.1 - 8

Differential Equations Review

o ODEs
o Algorithms
o ODE Lab

 9.6.1
9.7.1
9.8
10 Jan
2 11, 13 Jan

9.9 - 12

9.13 - 14
ODE Eigenvalues
Chaotic Scattering   (applet)
   9.11,
565: 9.11.2
9.14.3
17 Jan
3 18, 20 Jan 

10.1-4

10.5-7

Fourier Analysis of Nonlinear Oscillations
Filtering Noisy Signals

o  FT1: Fourier  Intro
o  FT2: Discrete FT
o  FT3: DFT II
o  FT4: Filters
o  FT5: Aliasing		 10.4.4 (6 parts)
10.4.4 (4 parts)
24 Jan
5
4 25, 27 Jan 11.1-4

11.5
Wavelet Analysis
Discrete Wavelet Transform
 o   Wavelet I
o   Wavelet II
o   Wavelet III		 11.2.1, 11.4.2
11.5.3 (part 7 only)
31 Jan
5 1, 3 Feb 12.1-8

Nonlinear Bug Maps (Sonify) 

o  Bugs 12.4, 12.5.2
7 Feb
6 8 Feb
10 Feb		 Readings
Understand HW
Catchup
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14 Feb
7 15, 17 Feb 12.10-11

12.12-15

Chaotic Pendulum (tutorial)
or Double Pendulum

 o Chaotic Pend I
o Chaotic Pend II		 12.11.3 (1-6)
12.12.2
21 Feb
8 22, 24 Feb  

Pendulum continued

 o  Chaotic Pend III
 12.13, 12.15
28 Feb
9 1, 3 March 16
Molecular Dynamics
 o  Molecular Dynam
o  Molecular Dynam II		 16.3, 16.4
7 Mar
10 8, 10 March 13
Fractals:  (Web tutorials),
 o Fractals I
o Fractals II		  13.5.3
17 Mar
F 17 Mar  
Final :  Your final projects will serve this purpose