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020 _a978352784694
082 _a530.0113
_bLAN
100 _aLandau, Rubin H.
245 _aComputational physics: problem solving with python
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _bWiley VCH,
_c2015
_aGermany:
300 _axxii, 622 p.
_bill.
_c25 cm.
365 _aUSD
_b135.00/ Rs. 9234.00
520 _a The use of computation and simulation has become an essential part of the scientific process. Being able to transform a theory into an algorithm requires significant theoretical insight, detailed physical and mathematical understanding, and a working level of competency in programming. This upper-division text provides an unusually broad survey of the topics of modern computational physics from a multidisciplinary, computational science point of view. Its philosophy is rooted in learning by doing (assisted by many model programs), with new scientific materials as well as with the Python programming language. Python has become very popular, particularly for physics education and large scientific projects. It is probably the easiest programming language to learn for beginners, yet is also used for mainstream scientific computing, and has packages for excellent graphics and even symbolic manipulations. The text is designed for an upper-level undergraduate or beginning graduate course and provides the reader with the essential knowledge to understand computational tools and mathematical methods well enough to be successful. As part of the teaching of using computers to solve scientific problems, the reader is encouraged to work through a sample problem stated at the beginning of each chapter or unit, which involves studying the text, writing, debugging and running programs, visualizing the results, and the expressing in words what has been done and what can be concluded. Then there are exercises and problems at the end of each chapter for the reader to work on their own (with model programs given for that purpose)..
650 _aMathematical physics
650 _aPhysics - Computer simulation
650 _aData processing
650 _aParallel computing
700 _aPaaez, Manuel J.
700 _aBordeianu, Cristian C.
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