Sections
PHYS 3142 - Computational Methods in Physics
Left Column
Right Column
Text Area
|
Course last offered |
: |
Spring 2018/19 |
|
Instructor(s) |
: |
LIU Junwei |
|
No. of credits |
: |
3 |
Teaching Pattern
-
Duration of course: about 13 weeks
-
Lecture hour(s) / laboratory hour(s) per week: 3 / 2
Content
This course provides an introduction to basic numerical and symbolic computation.
- Methods of interpolation and extrapolation
- Approximation methods of root finding
- Numerical integration and solving ordinary differential equations
- Symbolic algebra and calculus
Students need to write computer codes in laboratory sessions and write lab reports to describe their results.
Remarks
- Exclusion(s): MATH 3311, MATH 3312
- Prerequisite(s): (COMP 1021 OR COMP 1029P) and (MATH 2352 or PHYS 2124)