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Computational physics / Nicholas J. Giordano, Hisao Nakanishi.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 544 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0131469908 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.158 GIO
Contents:
Preface. - About the authors. - 1. A First Numerical Problem. - 2. Realistic Projectile Motion. - 3. Oscillatory Motion and Chaos. - 4. The Solar System. - 5. Potentials and Fields. - 6. Waves. - 7. Random Systems. - 8. Statistical Mechanics, Phase Transitions, and the Ising Model. - 9. Molecular Dynamics. - 10. Quantum Mechanics. - 11. Vibrations, waves, and the physics of musical instruments. - 12. Interdisciplinary Topics. - Appendix A. Ordinary Differential Equations. - Appendix B. Root finding and optimization. - Appendix C. The Fourier Transform. - Appendix D. Fitting data to a function. - Appendix E. Numerical integration. - Appendix F. Generation of random numbers. - Appendix G. Statistical tests of hypotheses. - Appendix H. Solving linear systems. - Index.
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Includes index.

Preface. - About the authors. - 1. A First Numerical Problem. - 2. Realistic Projectile Motion. - 3. Oscillatory Motion and Chaos. - 4. The Solar System. - 5. Potentials and Fields. - 6. Waves. - 7. Random Systems. - 8. Statistical Mechanics, Phase Transitions, and the Ising Model. - 9. Molecular Dynamics. - 10. Quantum Mechanics. - 11. Vibrations, waves, and the physics of musical instruments. - 12. Interdisciplinary Topics. - Appendix A. Ordinary Differential Equations. - Appendix B. Root finding and optimization. - Appendix C. The Fourier Transform. - Appendix D. Fitting data to a function. - Appendix E. Numerical integration. - Appendix F. Generation of random numbers. - Appendix G. Statistical tests of hypotheses. - Appendix H. Solving linear systems. - Index.

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