Forschergruppe Theorie ungeordneter Systeme
THUS
 

Computational Science: Prozesse

Dr. Philipp Cain

Part 2: Sommer term 2015

Lecture: Tuesday 11.15-13.30
Seminar: Thursday 11.15-13.30

Room: 2/P205

The lecture is mainly based on the following book, which is available at the university library.

An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods
 third edition
by Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, and Wolfgang Christian,
Addison-Wesley, 2006
(A free draft version of the book is available here.)

The programming language for the exercises will be Java in connection with the Open Source Physics Library. An automatically generated API specification of the library is now available.

Contents:

  • Tools for Doing Simulations and Introduction to the Open Source Physics Library (introductory lesson [PDF])
  • Simulating Particle Motion
  • Oscillatory Systems
  • Few-Body Problems: The Motion of the Planets
  • Chaotic Behavior of Dynamical Systems
  • Random Processes
  • The Dynamics of Many Particle Systems
  • Normal Modes and Waves
  • Electrodynamics
  • Numerical Integration and Monte Carlo Methods
  • Percolation and Clusters
  • Fractals and Kinetic Growth Processes
  • Complex Systems
  • Monte Carlo Simulations of Thermal Systems
  • Quantum Systems
  • Visualizing Rigid Body Dynamics
  • Seeing in Special and General Relativity

 

Exercises Part 1:

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