As a personal project to practice my knowledge with parallel algorithms, GPGPU (General-purpose computing on graphics processing units) and CUDA I've decided to simulate a problem that I've found hard to grasp in the course Modern Physics (PHYS 212); the particle in a box problem. Basically this simulation highlights the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics by visualizing the probability of a particle to exist in a very small box.
The documentation can be found in /paper as LaTeX and PDF format with all
the graphics used. The documentation includes the API of the code, the
mathematics of the problem and the expected result with explanation about the
implementation.
git clone https://github.com/geezee/pbox.git
cd pbox/src
make && make run
This program uses nvcc to compile the source code, therefore it requires you
to install CUDA and the proprietary driver for your Nvidia graphics card.
Copyright (C) 2013 George Zakhour
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