Introduction to Computational Physics

This advanced textbook, revised for its second edition, provides an introduction to the methods and tools of computational physics, and offers an overview of progress in scientific computing. Important concepts are illustrated with relevant step-by-step examples with exercises. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to first edition; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Approximation of a function; 3. Numerical calculus; 4. Ordinary differential equations; 5. Numerical methods for matrices; 6. Spectral analysis; 7. Partial differential equations; 8. Molecular dynamics simulations; 9. Modeling continuous systems; 10. Monte Carlo simulations; 11. Genetic algorithm and programming; 12. Numerical renormalization; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Tao Pang, Tao (University of Nevada Pang, Pang Tao
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521532761
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53276-1
• No. of pages: 402
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, COMPUTERS / Programming / Object Oriented, Physics, Mathematical physics, Object-oriented programming (OOP)