Computational Methods for Physics

Informationen zum Autor Joel Franklin is an Associate Professor in the physics department at Reed College, Oregon. He focuses on mathematical and computational methods with applications to classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, general relativity, and modifications of general relativity. Klappentext Presenting mathematical techniques for physical problems, this textbook is invaluable for undergraduate students in physics. Zusammenfassung Presenting mathematical techniques for physical problems which cannot be solved using traditional mathematical methods! this textbook is invaluable for undergraduate students in physics. It features over 250 end-of-chapter exercises and a website hosted by the author gives a complete set of programs used to generate the examples and figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Programming overview; 2. Ordinary differential equations; 3. Root-finding; 4. Partial differential equations; 5. Time dependent problems; 6. Integration; 7. Fourier transform; 8. Harmonic oscillators; 9. Matrix inversion; 10. The eigenvalue problem; 11. Iterative methods; 12. Minimization; 13. Chaos; 14. Neural networks; 15. Galerkin methods; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Franklin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2013
• EAN: 9781107034303
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03430-3
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Physics, Mathematical physics, Mathematics & science