Computer Simulation and Computer Algebra Lectures for Beginners / by Dietrich Stauffer, Friedrich W Hehl, Volker Winkelmann, John G. Zabolitzky.

Computers play an increasingly important role in many of today's activities, and correspondingly physicists find employment after graduation in computer­ related jobs, often quite remote from their physics education. The present lectures, on the other hand, emphasize how we can use computers fo...

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Main Authors: Stauffer, Dietrich (Author), Hehl, Friedrich W. (Author), Winkelmann, Volker (Author), Zabolitzky, John G. (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1988.
Edition:1st ed. 1988.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Computational Methods in Classical Physics
  • 1.1 Preface
  • 1.2 Motion of a Classical Point-Like Particle
  • 1.3 Short Course in FORTRAN Programming Methodology
  • 1.4 Methods of Higher Accuracy (and efficiency)
  • 1.5 Finding Extremal Points of Motion
  • 1.6 Statics and Dynamics of Strings
  • 1.7 Dynamics of Strings
  • 1.8 Literature
  • 2. Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Random Numbers
  • 2.3 Ising Model
  • 2.4 Cellular Automata (Q2R and Creutz)
  • 2.5 Diffusion and Percolation
  • 2.6 Eden Clusters
  • 2.7 Kauffman Model
  • 2.8 Summary
  • 2.9 Appendix: Principles of Vector Computing
  • 2.10 References
  • 3. Reduce for Beginners. Six Lectures on the Application of Computer-Algebra (CA)
  • Lecture 1
  • Lecture 2
  • Lecture 3
  • Lecture 4
  • Lecture 5
  • Lecture 6
  • References
  • 4. Appendix: A Short Introduction to FORTRAN.