Physics 410: Computational Physics: Notes


This document will be updated throughout the course.
  • Sep. 3 and Sep. 5: Overview/review of MATLAB [PDF]
  • Oct 1: ODE notes (projector not working) [PDF]
  • Oct 6: The Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg Method [PDF]
  • Oct 8-Oct 17: ODE Applications using ODE45 [PDF]
  • Oct 20: Solving BVPs with the ODE45 Integrator and Shooting [PDF]
  • Oct 29: Tridiagonal Structure of FDA for Diffusion Equation [PDF]
  • Nov 3: The Wave Equation [PDF]
  • Nov 19: Relaxation Methods Applied to the Elliptic Model Problem [PDF]
  • Nov 21: Non-uniform Random Number Generation & Diffusion Limited Aggregation [PDF]
  • Nov 28: The 2D Ising Model [PDF]
  • Dec 1: FFTs: Power Spectra [PDF]
  • Dec 3: Final Exam Review [PDF]