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Module MAU34601: Practical Numerical Simulations
- Credit weighting (ECTS)
- 5 credits
- Semester/term taught
- Michaelmas term 2019-20
- Contact Hours
- 11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week
- Lecturer
- Prof Mike Peardon
- Learning Outcomes
- On successful completion of this module, students will be able to
- Solving physical problems on a computer;
- Finding an appropriate model and numerical scheme;
- Implement an appropriate solution;
- Understand the computer output and control the numerical errors.
- Module Content
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- Introduction to C++ (using linux environment) and object oriented programming;
- Solving ordinary differential equations using Euler or Runge Kutta schemes;
- Shooting method;
- Introduction to symplectic integration schemes;
- Partial differential equations;
- Introduction to Monte Carlo methods (example: Ising model);.
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- Module Prerequisite
- MAU11401, MAU23205, MAU23404
- Assessment Detail
- This module will be examined in a 2 hour examination in Michaelmas term. Continuous assessment will contribute 40% to the final grade for the module at the annual examination session. Re-assessments if required will consist of 100% exam.
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