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PHYS-4755: Introduction to Computational Physics

Description: Survey of computational methods in physics. 4755: Applications in physics of curve fitting, numerical calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, numerical methods for matrices, spectral analysis, and N-body systems. 4756: Investigation of physical systems using Molecular Dynamics simulations, Monte Carlo simulations, genetic algorithm and numerical renormalization. Introduction to advanced techniques, as for example density matrix renormalization group method, matrix product state approach, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, and density functional theory.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-2306 and (AOE-2074 or CS-1044 or CS-1054 or CS-1114 or CS-1064 or ESM-2074 or ECE-1574)

Required By: PHYS-4756

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.07 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 40.88%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 5.00%

Vito W Scarola202454.0%19.2%6.4%4.1%11.3%5.0%3.075

Grade Distribution Over Time

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