Introduction to computational and simulational techniques widely used in physics applications and research, including trajectory integration, wave motion analysis, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, statistical mechanics of spin systems, phase transitions, quantum evolution, bound state problems, and variational methods. Prerequisites: PHYS 332; knowledge of a high level language Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to computational and simulational techniques widely used in physics applications and research, including trajectory integration, wave motion analysis, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, statistical mechanics of spin systems, phase transitions, quantum evolution, bound state problems, and variational methods. Prerequisites: PHYS 332; knowledge of a high level language Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.