Requirements/prerequisites:
Some knowledge of Ordinary Differential Equations, and of Newton's Laws.

Duration: 9 Weeks

Number of lectures per week: 3 lectures per week

Assessment: Project counts 20%.

End-of-year Examination: One 3 hour exam, counts 80%

Description:

Mathematical preliminaries, molecular dynamics, symplectic integrators, Monte Carlo techniques in statistical mechanics, applications.

Textbooks: None required. Comprehensive Handouts.

Jun 10, 1998