Computational Physics

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Prentice Hall, 1997 - Science - 419 pages
Conveying the excitement and allure of physics, this progressive text uses a computational approach to introduce students to the basic numerical techniques used in dealing with topics and problems of prime interest to today's physicists. *Contains a wealth of topics to allow instructors flexibility in the choice of topics and depth of coverage: *Examines projective motion with and without realistic air resistance. * Discusses planetary motion and the three-body problem. * Explores chaotic motion of the pendulum and waves on a string. * Considers topics relating to fractal growth and stochastic systems. * Offers examples on statistical physics and quantum mechanics. *Contains ample explanations of the necessary algorithms students need to help them write original programs, and provides many example programs and calculations for reference. * Students and instructors may access sample programs through the authors web site: http: //www.physics.purdue.edu/ ng/comp_phys.html *Includes a significant amount of additional material and problems to give students and instructors flexibility in the choice of topics and depth of coverage

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REALISTIC PROJECTILE MOTION
16
OSCILLATORY MOTION AND CHAOS
42
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
81
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