Methods of Computational Physics

PHYS 551 - Fall 2001

1. J.V. Noble, Lectures in Computational Physics (click here to download)
2. J.V. Noble, Mathematical Review in *.ps format  in *.pdf format
3. Abramowitz & Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Dover)
4. Hamming, Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers (Dover)
5. Optional, but recommended: Press, et al., Numerical Recipes (in your favorite language) (Cambridge U. Press)
6. Optional, but STRONGLY recommended: Acton, Numerical Methods that Usually Work (American Methematical Society).

Y2K Midterm Project

(My) solutions to Midterm Project

List of on-line Forth tutorials, with links, other stuff

Articles of interest

• What every computer scientist should know about floating point arithmetic  (D. Goldberg)
• Numerical Evaluation of Special Functions   (NIST)
• Finite State Machines in Forth   (JVN)
• Developing assembly language programs in Forth  (JVN)
• Numerical evaluation of principal value integrals  (JVN)

2000 Term Project

2001 Term Project