Instructor: Miron Kaufman
OFFICE: SI-116, Email:m.kaufman@csuohio.edu
Class meets on: M and W 2:00-3:50PM in SI-117A.

Textbook: Miron Kaufman: Computational Physics
Recomended Books: Giordano Computational Physics; Gould and Tobochnik, Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods

  • 1. MathCad Tutorial;
  • 2. Monte Carlo hit and miss; Compute pi.
  • 3. Monte Carlo hit and miss; Compute volume of truncated cone.
  • 4. Monte Carlo hit and miss; Compute volume of hyper-sphere in D dimensions.
  • 5. Quasi-Random numbers; Standard random number generator.
  • 6. Descriptive Statistics; Bernoulli and Normal Distributions; De Moivre approximation; Histograms.
  • 7. Image Processing with Mathcad.
  • 8. Simulations of probabilities problems proposed by Chevalier de Mérè (based on Pascal and Fermat letters).
  • 9. Radioactive Decay and Poisson distribution.
  • 10. Simulations of probabilities problems proposed by Frederick Mosteller.
  • 11. Random walks in 1D.
  • 12. Ideal Gas in 2D; Entropy Law.
  • 13. Ideal Gas in 3D Einstein-Smoluchowsky Law of Diffusion.
  • 14. Simulations of probabilities problems proposed by Marilyn vos Savant.
  • 15. Cellular Automaton; Fractals; Game of Life.
  • 16. Simulation of the baseball world series.
  • 17. Geometric Probability.
  • 18. Chain Reaction; Critical mass.
  • 19. Ehrenfest Urn; Loschmidt’s Paradox.
  • 20. Ising Model of Magnetism 1D; Metropolis Method.
  • 21. Ising Model of Magnetism 2D; Metropolis Method.
  • 22. Ising Model of Magnetism, Mean Field Theory.
  • 23. Mechanics: Projectile motion with air drag.
  • 24. Mechanics: Tunnel through Earth.
  • 25. Mechanics: Pendulum.
  • 26. Mechanics: Three body problem.
  • 27. Chaos Theory: Logistic Equation.
  • 28. Chaos Theory: Butterfly effect; Lyapunov exponent.
  • 29. Electricity and Magnetism: Motion of charged particle in electric and magnetic fields.
  • 30. Electricity and Magnetism: Biot-Savart law applied to spiral current.
  • 31. Electricity and Magnetism: Laplace Equation; the Potential and Electric Field in Parallel-Plates Capacitor.
  • 32. Nuclear Physics: Compton Scattering.
  • No class: M January 20, M February 17, M March 9, W March 11.
  • Last day to withdraw from the course: F, March 27.
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