This document will be updated throughout the
course.
Assignments
- Homework 1: Due Wednesday, October 4,
11:59 PM [PDF]
- Project 1: Due Friday October 20, 11:59 PM [PDF]
- N-body notes (read in conjunction with project
handout) [PDF]
- bounce.m: Illustrates MATLAB creation of AVI
animation [Source | Browse
| AVI output]
- Sample animation from instructor's solution [MPEG]
- Note that a non-MATLAB utility was used make the
above animation (MPEG file)
- Homework 2: Due Friday, November 3, 11:59 PM [PDF]
- Project 2: Due Monday, December 4, 11:59 PM [PDF]
Guidelines for Writeups
It is probably best to treat your writeups as formal lab
reports (or at least what a theorist's conception of
formal lab reports might be!). To that end consider using
the following structure:
- Introduction
- Overview of the problem at hand; can be quite brief
for the homework assignments, should be longer for the
projects.
- Review of theory
- Provide an overview of the relevant theory,
including the definition of all pertinent problem
parameters, and an exposition of the requisite
equations (even if that means repeating equations
which appear in the handout).
- Numerical approach
- Description of the methodology that is used to solve
the problem. Include appropriate equations as
necessary, but don't unduly repeat equations from the
theory section. Indeed, you may find it more natural
to combine the theory and numerical approach sections.
- Implementation (optional)
- Discussion of any particularly tricky pieces of code
that you used. Include code snippets
in place; do not include all of your code in the
main body of writeup.
- Results
- Description of your findings, including (but not
necessarily limited to) all deliverables identified in
the handout.
- Graphs: Ensure that all graphs are professionally
prepared with proper axes labels and, in the case of
multiple datasets on a single plot, a legend. All
graphs should have an informative caption, which
should begin with an appropriate title for the
plot. Explicit plot titles (i.e. in the plot
itself) are not needed.
- Discussion/Conclusions
- Briefly summarize your findings (again, more
extensively in the case of projects).
- Discuss any particular problems you had with the
homework/project.
- Include your statement concerning your use or
non-use of generative AI here.
- Appendix: code listing (optional)
- You are not required to include your code in your
writeup. If you want to, it should be included
in an appendix.
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