Computation in modern physics

by Gibbs, William R.

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Full title :Computation in modern physics / William R. Gibbs.

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This textbook is suitable for two courses in computational physics. The first is at an advanced introductory level and is appropriate for seniors or first year graduate students. The student is introduced to integral and differential techniques, Monte Carlo integration, basic computer architecture, linear algebra, finite element techniques, digital signal processing and chaos. In this first part of the book, no knowledge of quantum mechanics is assumed. The third edition has expanded treatments of the subjects in each of the first nine chapters and a new section on modern parallel computing, in particular, Beowulf clusters. The second course (the last four chapters) deals with problems in the strong interaction using quantum mechanical techniques, with emphasis on solutions of many-body scattering problems and several-body bound state calculations with Monte Carlo techniques. It also contains a chapter dealing with the numerical summation of divergent series.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2006.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):World Scientific
Place of Publication:Hackensack, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2006.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 366 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9812567992, 9789812567994, 9812568514, 9789812568519
oclc:ocm77004430
LC Classification:QC20
Dewey Decimal:530.15

Integration -- Introduction to Monte Carlo -- Differential methods -- Computers for physicists -- Linear algebra -- Exercises in Monte Carlo -- Finite element methods -- Digital signal processing -- Chaos -- The Schrödinger equation -- The N-body ground state -- Divergent series -- Scattering in the N-body system -- Appendix A. Programs. 1. Legendre polynomials -- 2. Gaussian integration -- 3. Spherical Bessel functions -- 4. Random number generator.