Physics 410: Computational Physics: Notes


This document will be updated throughout the course.
  • Sep. 7 and Sep. 9: Overview/review of MATLAB [PDF]
  • Sep. 14: Supplemental notes: Barycentric Largrange Interpolation [PDF]
  • Oct. 14: The Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg Method [PDF]
  • Oct. 17-Oct 24: ODE Applications using ODE45 [PDF]
  • Oct. 24: Solving BVPs with the ODE45 Integrator and Shooting [PDF]
  • Nov 4: Tridiagonal Structure of FDA for Diffusion Equation [PDF]
  • Nov. 14: The Wave Equation [PDF]
  • Nov. 23: 2d Relaxation [PDF]
  • Nov. 25: Random Numbers and Diffusion Limited Aggregation [PDF]
  • Dec. 2: The 2D Ising Model [PDF]
  • Dec. 5: Final Exam Review [PDF]