Physics 474

Spring 2003

Computational Physics

Syllabus

• Professor: Daniel P. Lathrop
• Office #: 405-1594
• E-mail: dpl@complex.umd.edu
• Lab #: 405-7986
• Home #: please do not call me at home
• Office hours: after class, or drop by
• Office room: 3319A A.V. Williams
• Lab room: 0300 Energy Research
• Time and Place: Tu 2-3:15pm PHY 1304
• Time and Place: Th 2-2:40pm PHY 1304
• Time and Place: Th 2:40-3:15pm PHYSICS OWL LAB - third floor
• Schedule
• Handouts
• Grade Weight:
• Homework -- 30%
• Midterm In class -- 30%
• Class Participation -- 10%
• Project -- 30%
• Recommended, not required Books:
• Tao Pang An Introduction to Computational Physics
• Press, et al.Numerical Recepies
• N. GershenfeldThe Nature of Mathematical Modeling
• Schwartz and ChristiansenLearing Perl, O'Reilly Press
• Kernighan and RitchieThe C Programming Language, Prentice Hall
• HubbardProgramming with C++
• Late Homework: Will never be accepted without a documented emergency