Introductory Computational Physics
Spring 2007

University Catalog: Physics 425/520 Introductory Computational Physics.
CRN 30423. Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 2 hours, 3 credits.
Introduction of computational methods and visualization techniques for problem solving in physics.

Instructor: Professor Alexander L. Godunov
Office: 219 Oceanography & Physics, 683 5805, godunov@physics.odu.edu
Classes : Monday and Wednesday 14:00-14:50 (lectures), Friday 14:00-14:50 (consultations), OCNPS 303,
Office hours: Wednesday 15:00-16:00 in the OCNPS 219 (office), Wednesday 17:00-18:00 in the Physics Learning Center, and by appointment

"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them."
Isaac Asimov

News:
April 15: You may choose a problem for your final project from posted projects (Double Stars, Pariskanone, Physics of Golf, Random processes and Cooking Time)
April 10: I'd like to remind you that for the final project you may come up with a problem that you are interested to solve.
If it is a challenging problem then you may work in a group (group <= 2 students in a group).

Old news with links:
February 4: Examples for using Dislin
Plot a function using QuickPlot: fx2plot.cpp
Plot a trajectory using more power from Dislin: proj01a2.cpp.

Schedule:
 Week 15: April 16 - 20: Computational projects. Scientific software (Project 5 is due)
May 3: Final Project (12:30 - 15:30).

Assignments:

before project 5 is due.
before final project is due.