Computational physics using C : efficient programming with ease / John W Fattaruso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fattaruso, John William, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computational physics.

C (Computer program language).

Mathematical physics--Data processing.

Physics--Data processing.

Physical Description:

xi, 433 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, [2026]

Summary:

"This text is intended to be a reference for a single-semester course in Computational Physics for upper-division undergraduate students or first-year graduate students in Physics. It is written assuming the student has had a foundation of physics classes in undergraduate classical mechanics, basic quantum mechanics, and undergraduate electromagnetism. There is quite a bit of computer programming presented in these pages, with the intention that students should be prepared to contribute to the growing capability by the physics community to seek solutions of more and more complex problems and by making use of computing hardware in the most efficient manner possible. The programming content in this text is comparable to that of typical first-year classes for Computer Science majors. After the first three chapters of introductory material, the text is organized in chapters around a progression of numerical analysis algorithms, also bringing a study of basic mathematics of numerical analysis into the discussion. In each of the chapters from Chapter 4 through Chapter 14 a particular analysis algorithm is highlighted, and several physics problems are solved that are proposed as useful prototype solutions. The sequence of algorithms has been chosen so that prerequisite numerical methods are covered in prior chapters. Example problems left as exercises for the student are collected at the end of each chapter, but these can and certainly should be supplemented with other numerical problems from the instructor's experience. There should be a sufficient number of chapters from which an instructor may choose a subset to focus on as time and interest dictate"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781394318537

1394318537

OCLC:

1534602725

Publisher Number:

90104865063

CIPO000366897