Computational physics: simulation of classical and quantum systems

This book encapsulates the coverage for a two-semester course in computational physics. The first part introduces the basic numerical methods while omitting mathematical proofs but demonstrating the algorithms by way of numerous computer experiments. The second part specializes in simulation of classical and quantum systems with instructive examples spanning many fields in physics, froma classical rotor to a quantum bit. All program examples are realized as Javaapplets ready to run in your browser and do not require any programming skills. Explains numerical techniques and provides many examples to which these canbe applied Teaches the basics of numerical methods Explains the simulation ofclassical and quantum systems Summarizes various computational methods in physics Students benefit from this carefully written introduction to computational physics Contains exercises and solutions to all topics Provides algorithms for computer experiments INDICE: Part I: Numerical Methods.- Error Analysis.- Interpolation.- Numerical Differentiation.- Numerical Integration.- Systems of Inhomogeneous LinearEquations.- Roots and Minima.- Fourier Transformation.- Random Numbers and Monte-Carlo-Methods.- Eigenvalue Problems.- Data Fitting.- Equations of Motion.-Part II: Simulation of Classical and Quantum Systems.- Rotational Motion.- Simulation of Thermodynamic Systems.- Random Walk and Brownian Motion.- Electrostatics.- Waves.- Diffusion.- Nonlinear Systems.- Simple Quantum Systems

• ISBN: 978-3-642-13989-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 310
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés