Who should take this course? Is it difficult? What's the difference
between MAT 181 and ZCE 111? Check out here:
Please read lecture notes before class.
A total of more thatn 10 homework assignements must be submitted. You
must submit
your assignments in the form of Mathematica notebook file (xxx.nb). You
are urged to submit only one single .nb file for one homework
assignment. Name your
Mathematica notebook file systematically, e.g., Assignment_1,
Assignment_2, etc. The Mathematica notebook files are to be submitted
to the USM
elearning portal. Please also check out a template for the homework
assignment, assignment_template.nb.
The deadlines are as follows.
 Homework Assignment
1, due Sunday, Jan 9 before 11:55 pm
Homework
Assignment
2,
due
Sunday,
Jan
16
before
11:55
pm
Homework Assignment 3, due Sunday,
Jan 30 before 11:55 pm
Homework Assignment 4, due Sunday,
13 Feb before 11:55 pm
Homework Assignment 5, due Friday,
23 Feb before 11:55 pm
Homework Assignment 6, due Wed, 9
Mar before 11:55 pm
Homework Assignment 7, due Thur,
17
Mar before 11:55 pm
Homework Assignment 8,
due Mon, 21 Mar before 11:55 pm
Homework
Assignment
10,
due Sun, 27 Mar before 11:55 pm
Homework
Assignment
9,
due Tues, 5 Apr before 11:55 pm
Please
submit
your project suggestion for project 1 before the deadline.
Deadline: 5 Apr before 11:55 pm
Please
submit
your project suggestion for project 2 before the deadline.
State clearly (1)team members, (2) the final DATE you plan to submit
the assignment, (3) the DATE and time you wish to make your
presentation. Deadline:
5
Apr before 11:55 pm
1)
You need to
submit TWO projects for
the ZCE 111 semester project.
2)
For the first
project, you are to
define a problem yourself from any reference source, or even create
your own.
Quote clearly the references of the problem if it is picked from any
known source
(e.g., web, textbooks). The first project IS NOT A JOINNED project. You
must do
it alone.
3)
For the second
project, form a team
of two persons. You are also allowed to do it alone if you prefer so.
Choose
one (or more if you wish) project(s) from the titles listed here. Each team
only submits one report for the second project even if there is more
than one
person in the team.
4)
For each project
you are to submit a
FULL report prepared in a single .nb file (i.e., use the Mathematica to
prepare
your project report).
5)
Presentation:
Prepare a separate
20-mins .ppt presentation for your team’s second project. The
presentation
could be conducted anytime when you are ready, but it must happen a
week after
the last day of final semester examination. There is no presentation
for the
first project.
The format in your reports
is as follow (apart from the usual essential information such as names
and date
etc).
1)
Title
of your project
2)
An
abstract providing a brief but essential description of your project
3)
Fully-commented
codes, and possible a necessary description of your algorithm behind
the code.
4)
Discussion
of the essential physics and outcome of your program.
5)
Conclusion.
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Assessment
Assignment - 75%, First Project - 10%, Second
Project - 15%
Mathematica Resources
- You can now download and install Mathematica in your own
PC / laptop for free. USM has now a compus-wide Mathematica license.
Click here
(password required to unzip the file) to download the Mathematica 8
installation file (~ 800++ MB). Alternatively, you may install a
slightly 'older' version of Mathematica 7. Click here
forMathematica 7 (password required to unzip the file).
- To complete the installation of Mathematica in your own
PC/laptop, you will need to obtain an activation key from Wolfram, the
company that sell Mathematica to USM. To this end you have to go
through some online procedures before they send you the passwords and
license. Please follow the online instruction here. The most
essential information you need to supply is your USM student email
account. Wolfram will not entertain your request if you do not supply
them with an USM email account (e.g., tlyoon@student.usm.my).
- Alternatively, you can also install the
Mathematica using network license. The "location" for the
network license is the IP: 10.205.19.205.
Computer
installed
with
network
license
can
only
get
activated
if
the
computer remains
connected in USM local network.
- Mathematica
is a very powerful software pacakge for symbolic computationa,
graphics, and more. You may bookmark the Mathematica
Documentation
Center so that you can refer it at your finger tips.
You are also suggested to work though Fundamental
of
Mathematica
Programming.
Textbooks
Links to selected computational physics courses
Questions, Comments, ...
The preferred forum for subject-related questions and comments
is the forum
on elearning.usm.my. Feel free to contribute answers as
well as ask questions! Email me at tlyoon@usm.my regarding personal
issues
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