Physics 410: Computational Physics: Notes


This document will be updated throughout the course.
  • Sep. 4 and Sep. 6: Overview/review of MATLAB [PDF]
  • Oct. 11: The Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg Method [PDF]
  • Oct. 11-Oct. 21: ODE Applications using ODE45 [PDF]
  • Oct 23: Solving BVPs with the ODE45 Integrator and Shooting [PDF]
  • Nov 1: Tridiagonal Structure of FDA for Diffusion Equation [PDF]
  • Nov 4: The Wave Equation [PDF]
  • Nov 20: Relaxation Methods Applied to the Elliptic Model Problem [PDF]
  • Nov 22: Non-uniform Random Number Generation & Diffusion Limited Aggregation [PDF]
  • Nov 29: The 2D Ising Model [PDF]
  • Dec 4: Final Exam Review [PDF]