Physics 210: Computational Physics: Online Course Resources

Index

• General information, Unix/Linux, bash & tcsh
• Text Editors
• Searching the Web
• Creating HTML documents
• Graphing (XY plots)
• Maple (Symbolic Manipulation)
• MATLAB
• Fortran 77
• Fortran 90
• C
• Numerical Algorithms
• Scientific Visualization
• Term Project Resources
• Fluid Dynamics Resources
• Other Computational Physics/Science Web Resources
• General Physics Resources

General Information, Unix/Linux, bash & tcsh

• UBC Physics & Astronomy Computer Labs: The site includes links to: an overview of the lab's facilities and policies, a list of available software, on-line registration, FAQs and more. The PCs in Hennings 205 (as well as those in 2XX and 2XX) have been configured as X-terminals, and you will be able to use them  to complete coursework.
• Unix/Linux
  
• Introduction to Unix (UT Austin Computation Center)
• Unix Tutorial for Beginners (U. Surrey, UK)
• The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP)
  
• bash
• Bash Guide for Beginners
  
• An A-Z Index of the Linux Bash command line
• An Introduction to the Unix Shell (by S.R. Bourne, creator of the the original sh, from which bash derives)
  
• tcsh
• Version of Unix notes from PHYS 410 that includes discussion of tcsh features.
  

Text Editors

• XEmacs
  
• XEmacs.org: The home page for the XEmacs project, containing links to a wealth of information about XEmacs.
• XEmacs User's Guide (local copy) (PDF). Note: This manual is nearly 400 pages in length, so you may want to think carefully before you print it
• vi
  
• vi Editor Tutorial. This is the first document returned on August 31, 2009, by the google.ca search 'vi editor tutorial'; there are literally hundreds of such tutorials on the Web.

Searching the Web

• Google. Arguably, still the premier Web search-engine.

Creating HTML documents

1. Use your browser's compose facility

• Mozilla users: cliok on Composer icon on the bottom toolbar of the browser. See HERE, for example, for documentation, should you need it.
• Other browser users: Use Mozilla.

2. Doing it by hand

• A Beginner's Guide to HTML (from NCSA)
• A More Complete Guide to HTML (from UBC). An older (c 1994-1995) NCSA guide which I downloaded so that browsing would be snappier. Still a useful guide/reference for the "basics" of HTML.
• Choose the Composing and editing Web pages option from Netscape's Help menu (you may have to first choose Help Contents from the main menu).
• One of the easiest and most powerful ways of learning HTML is to use the Page Source feature from Netscape's View menu. Find a Web document with a layout or feature you wish to emulate, select Page Source from the View and then examine the source (which will appear in a separate window) to see how things are done.

Graphing (XY plots)

• gnuplot
  • Gnuplot 4.2 - A brief Manual and Tutorial
  • There are many other tutorials/guides available on the web. Go to Google and search for gnuplot tutorial
• sm (Supermongo). User's Manual (PDF 226 pages)
  • Reference Manual
  • Tutorial
• xmgr (ACE/gr)
  • User Guide

Maple (Symbolic Manipulation)

• Maple: Maple Home Page including links to various Maple Web sites.
  NOTE: The current version of maple is Maple 13. In the course, however, we will be using a slightly older version, Maple 12, and some documentation from an even older version.
  
• Maple 7 Programming Guide (PDF).

MATLAB

FORTRAN 77 Programming

• Professional Programmer's Guide to Fortran 77 (PS)
• PGI Fortran 77 Reference Manual
• PGI User's Guide

FORTRAN 90 Programming

C Programming

• SGI C Language Reference Manual (PS)

Numerical Algorithms

• Numerical Recipes: Home Page and Online Books including: [Fortran PDF] and [C PDF]. Complete text of both Fortran and C editions of ``Numerical Recipes'' in PDF format.
  Also available: Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90 [PDF] and Numerical Recipes in C++ [Information page]
• Netlib Repository: Large collections of mathematical software, papers, and databases. Browse or Search the Netlib libraries.
• LAPACK User's Guide (html)
• LAPACK Source Code (browse directory)

Scientific Visualization

• Annotated list of Scientific Visualization Sites from NASA.
• IRIS Explorer Center. IRIS Explorer is a powerful scientific visualization system available on lnx[123]. Here are links to Postscript versions of the User's Guide with graphics and without graphics.

Other Computational Physics/Science Courses & Programs

• Carleton
• Cornell (Physics 683, Spring 98)
• Cornell (Physics 682, Spring 95)
• Imperial College
• NPAC (Syracuse) (High Performance Computing Course)
• Oregon State (Physics 465, 96?). A text has been developed from the course, and there's a paper describing the development.

Fluid Dynamics Resources

• Modern Numerical Methods for Fluid Flow (Course Notes from Berkeley (Collella and Puckett))

General Physics Resources

• American Physical Society (APS): Physics Internet Resources
• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• The Institute of Physics (IOP). Currently maintains Physics Web.
• arXiv.org e-Print Archive