Don Luttermoser's PHYS-4007/5007 Course Web Page

Note that we will be using Version 5.0 of these course notes. As the semester progresses additional links will be added to this page for your convenience.

Course Syllabus for PHYS-4007/5007, Computational Physics.

ETSU Supplemental Syllabus Attachment.

I.	Choosing Hardware and an Operating System
II.	How to Select a Programming Language
III.	The Art of Graphics Programming
IV.	Preparing Scientific Manuscripts: A Guide to LaTeX
V.	Error Analysis and Uncertainties
VI.	Methods of Data Fitting
VII.	Methods of Differentiation and Integration
VIII.	Matrices and Solutions to Linear Equations
IX.	Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE)
X.	Trajectories and Orbits (some figures not included, they will be drawn on board during class)
XI.	Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations (PDE)
XII.	Fourier Analysis and Oscillations (figures not included, they will be drawn on board during class)
App. A:	Scientific Programming Using Fortran
App. B:	Scientific Programming Using C

Homework Assignments

Homework Assignments:	Problem Set 1
	Problem Set 2       ( Sample Proposal LaTeX file)
	Problem Set 3
	Problem Set 4       ( orbitshw.pro , orbeqnhw.pro , orbplot.pro , orbticks.pro )

• An extremely useful web site for Computational Physics can be found at: http://www.astro.ku.dk/comp-phys/Info/tools.shtml. As a matter of fact, some of the course notes were retrieved from information found on some of the web sites found here.

• Web site of PCTeX. Note that PCTeX is can be rather costly (though currently [2009] they have a student academic price of $80).

• A free version of LaTeX, called MikTeX for Microsoft Windows machines, can be downloaded from this link.

• Software (Ghostscript and Ghostview) to view and print postscript files on a Windows machine can be found at the GhostScript site.

• Details of programming in PostScript can be found at this link.

• Web site of NetLib, which contains high-quality free-ware, software packages for Fortran.

• Web site of the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), which has developed various numerical libraries containing over 1000 user-callable subroutines for solving general applied math problems, including: ordinary and partial differential equations, optimization problems, FFT and other transforms, quadrature, linear algebra, non-linear equations, integral equations, and more.

• Web site of Rogue Wave Software, which sells the IMSL Fortran numerical library.

• Web site of GAMS (Guide to Available Mathematical Software) from the National Bureau of Standards and Technology (NIST).

• The Numerical Recipes F77, F90, and C (and other programming languages) books can be access by clicking on the link. This site contains links to purchase these books, obtain free limited access to these books, purchase and download the coding found in these books. There is also a link on this site that will place you on Amazon.com to purchase a CDROM of this coding. One also can type any routine in by hand from what is given in these books.

• Web site of the Digital FORTRAN compiler as sold by Intel. Note that this version of Fortran is one of the best Fortran compilers on the market.

• TechXtend: Vendor for the Intel Fortran compiler.

• Web site of the free-ware GNU version of the Fortran compiler. Note that GFortran is an updated and improved version of the g77 Fortran compiler.

• Web site for IDL which is sold by ITT Visual Information Solutions. This is the programming language we will primarily use in this course.