Spring 2010

University Catalog Physics 420/520. Introductory Computational Physics,
Lecture 3 hours, 3 credits.

Content: Computational methods, tool and techniques for problem solving in physics.

Goals: This course has the task of both giving a solid treatment of basic methods, tools, and techniques of computational physics used in modern physics, and developing skills for practical solving computational problems in physics.

Instructor: Dr. Alexander Godunov,
OCNPS 0219, Phone: 683-5805, agodunov[#]odu.edu

Course Web page www.odu.edu/~agodunov/teaching/phys420_10

Classes: Monday, Wednesday 13:30-14:45, Oceanography & Physics, 303

Office hours: Monday, Wednesday 14:50 - 16:00 (office), and by appointment


Tentative Schedule

Week 16: April 26. Highly performance computing. Problem solving


Announcements

April 22, 2010: Comments from Thomas on "Organizing a Computational Project".

April 10, 2010: A couple of a very good examples from Thomas Kennedy.

February 15, 2010: Sample reports: a homework assignment and a project.

January 22, 2010: A file with a set of eleven very simple programs toys.txt in C++.


Countdowns

before Project 4 is due
before the Final