Computational Physics

Python version

Authors: Steven E. Koonin, Dawn C. Meredith

Steven Koonin Computational physics exercises and projects done using python

Table of Contents

Basic Mathematical Operations

* Exercises 1.1 - 1.12
* Project I : Scattering by a central potential

Ordinary Differential Equations

* Exercises 2.1 - 2.10
* Project II : The structure of white dwarf stars

Boundary Value and Eigenvalue Problems

* Exercises 3.1 - 3.14
* Project III : Atomic structure in the Hartree-Fock approximation

Special Functions and Gaussian Quadrature

* Exercises 4.1 - 4.10
* Project IV : Partial wave solution to quantum scattering

Matrix Operations

* Exercises 5.1 - 5.13
* Project V : A schematic shell model

Elliptic Partial Differential Equations

* Exercises 6.1 - 6.12
* Project VI : Steady-state hydrodynamics in two dimensions

Parabolic Partial Differential Equations

* Exercises 7.1 - 7.13
* Project VII: Self-organization in chemical reactions

Monte Carlo Methods

* Exercises 8.1 - 8.11
* Project VIII : Quantum Monte Carlo for the H2 molecule