Physics 210: MATLAB


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Last updated October 26, 2009

Lecture 1 (Oct 8)
  • Animations from representative term projects
    • Gravitational N-body dynamics: N = 6 [MPEG 2.8 MB]
    • N Charges on a sphere:  N = 60 [MPEG 4.9 MB]
    • 1-dimensional time dependent Schrodinger equation (particle in a box, illustrating tunneling)
      • Free particle (no potential) [MPEG 16 MB]
      • Free particle, moderate & large potential barrier (superimposed evolution) [MPEG 29 MB]
    • KdV equation
      • Single solition [MPEG 7.5 MB]
      • Three solitons [MPEG 12 MB]
    • Game of Life (not available as term project!) [MPEG 15 MB]
  • Sample term project proposal: [PDF 9 pages]
  • Starting with Matlab: Calculations from Chapter 1 of Gilat [HTML]
Lecture 2 (Oct 13)
  • Creation & Manipulation of Arrays: Calculations from Chapter 2 of Gilat [HTML]
Lecture 4 (Oct 27)
  • Mathematical Operations with Arrays: Calculations from Chapter 3 of Gilat [HTML]

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