Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ21 Computational Physics 

Course webpage: eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS192

Course outline

Course content

• Algorithms and their computer implementation. Numerical calculations and uncertainties.  Random number generators. Inverse transform method. Rejection sampling. Frequency diagrams (histograms).
• Least squares method.
• Solution of equations in one variable. Solution of algebraic systems.
• Polynomial interpolation. Numerical differentiation. Numerical integration.
• Solution of ordinary differential equations.
• Introduction to numerical integration and simulation of physical phenomena by the Monte-Carlo method.