UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
UCT Physics PHY321F - Advanced Physics
Computational methods in physics
- Tutorial introduction and Python mini-reference
- Worksheet 1: Pendulum
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Some Python programs:
- With Vpython animation and phase plot
- With several plots using pylab
- Worksheet 2: Trajectory motion in 3-d
- With Vpython animation of trajectory
- Worksheet 3: Fourier transforms
- Some basic fft results, plots using pylab
- Worksheet 4: Orbital motion
- Orbit and period by FFT
- A solar system in Python + visual
- Worksheet 5: Deuteron
- Solution with secant method
- Worksheet 6: Numerical integration of Schroedinger equation - 1
- Zero in by hand
- Worksheet 7: Numerical integration of Schroedinger equation - 2
- Zero in by machine
- Worksheet 8: Exponential decay
- Worksheet 9: Random walks