PHYSICS 39907 Computational Physics FALL 2023 (MR417S) TTh 11:00-12:15

General Information:

• Syllabus: [html] [pdf]
• Text Book (free online):
  • Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing, William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling and Brian P. Flannery.
• Matlab:
  • Get Matlab (and other software) through CCNY.
• Contact Professor Shattuck:
  • Email: [markdshattuck@gmail.com]
  • Office: [T1M-16] or [MR-419]
  • Lab: [MR-328]
  • Phone: (212) 650-8161
• Office Hours: Th 2:00-4:00p (MR-419) or anytime by appointment.
• Physics Department: [Tutoring] [Home] [Info] [FAQ]

Resources:

• Crash Course Computer Science
• Introduction to MATLAB
• 4-bit CPU Simulator
• Matlab Code for Introduction to Molecular Dynamics
• Starting with Two Matrices by Gilbert Strang, MIT is a short introduction to Linear Algebra. It is part of a great online course in linear algebra by Prof. Stang.

Problem Sets:

1. Problem Set 1 - [pdf]
2. Problem Set 2 - [pdf]
3. Problem Set 3 - [pdf]
4. Problem Set 4 - [pdf]
5. Problem Set 5 - [pdf]
6. Project Description - [pdf]
7. Problem Set 6 - [pdf]
8. Problem Set 7 - [pdf]
9. Take Home Final Exam - [pdf]

Previous Classes Taught:

• PHYS 203 [F2008] [F2009]
• PHYS 204 [S2001][F2001][F2002][S2004][F2004][F2005][S2006]
• PHYS 207 [F2003][S2005][F2010]
• PHYS 208 [S2003]
• PHYS 351 [F2022] [S2023]
• PHYS 399 [F2023] [F2024]
• PHYS 371 [F2013] [F2015] [F2016] [F2017] [F2018] [F2019] [F2020]
• PHYS 471 [S2012] [S2014] [S2016] [S2017] [S2018] [S2019] [S2020] [S2021] [S2024]
• PHYS U856 Granular Materials [S2002][S2004]