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PHYS 3142 - Computational Methods in Physics
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Course last offered
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Spring 2023/24
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Instructor(s)
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LIU Junwei
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No. of credits
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3
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Teaching Pattern
Content
This course provides an introduction to basic numerical and symbolic computation.
- Methods of interpolation and extrapolation
- Approximation methods of root finding
- Numerical integration and solving ordinary differential equations
- Symbolic algebra and calculus
Students need to write computer codes in laboratory sessions and write lab reports to describe their results.
Remarks
- Exclusion(s): MATH 3311, MATH 3312
- Prerequisite(s): (COMP 1021 OR COMP 1029P) and (MATH 2352 or PHYS 2124)
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