An Introduction to Computational Physics

ISBN-13: 9780521532761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 402 str.

Tao Pang

Opis

This advanced textbook provides an introduction to the basic methods of computational physics.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: 'This is an excellent textbook for course on computational physics and scientific computation.' Zentralblatt MATH

Spis treści

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.