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Computational Physics (Prentice-Hall)
N. Giordano
Purdue University
ng@physics.purdue.edu
Programs and other information for my book Computational Physics can be accessed from this page.
- Selected excerpts
- Special material (not included in the book) concerning the physics of vibrating strings. This material was included in an article in Computers in Physics, and includes some example programs which treat the motion of guitar and piano strings.
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- The following links will take you to the source code for programs described in the corresponding chapter or appendix.
- Some Comments and Useful Information
- Chapter 1 A First Numerical Problem
- Chapter 2 Realistic Projectile Motion
- Chapter 3 Oscillatory Motion and Chaos
- Chapter 4 Planetary Motion
- Chapter 5 Potentials and Fields
- Chapter 6 Waves
- Chapter 7 Random Systems
- Chapter 8 Statistical Mechanics, Phase Transitions, and the Ising Model
- Chapter 9 Molecular Dynamics
- Chapter 10 Quantum Mechanics
- Appendix 2 The Fast Fourier Transform
- Appendix 3 Method of Least Squares
- Mistakes and typos: nobody is perfect - click here to see a list of errors and corrections. Not many have been found so far.
If you find an error, please inform me by email or other means, via the address given above.