Main Field of Study and progress level:
Physics: Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Computational Science and Engineering: Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics
Contents
The course is aimed at solving physics problems in electrodynamics, quantum physics, theoretical mechanics and solid state physics by computer calculations. The numerical methods are: Fast Fourier Transform, reduction of a symmetric matrix to tridiagonal form, eigenvalues and eigenvectors to a tridiagonal matrix. Methods to solve ordinary differential equations: Runge Kutta, Leap frog, Richardson extrapolation, Bulirsch-Stoer, Predictor-Corrector. Two-point boundary value problems.
Required Knowledge
Analytical Mechanics, or equivalent. Foundations of Electromagnetics, or equivalent. Wave Physics, or equivalent. First courses in numerical methods and in programming techniques.
