Who should take this course? Is it difficult? What's the difference
between MAT 181 and ZCE 111? Check out here:
Lecture notes and sample codes can be found here. Please read the
lecture notes before attending the class. It also contains lecture
templates. These are *.nb files updated online concurrently
when a lecture is being conducted.
There is a certain number of homework assignements you must submit.
These assingments are to be submitted 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.
Details
of
the
assigments
are
to
be found in the USM elearing
portal.
1)
It is compulsory
to submit ONE project for the ZCE 111 as part of the assessment
requirement.
2)
For this
project, you must 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 even if there is more than one person in
the team.
4)
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 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.
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.
6) A few samples of previous year
project report can be found here for your
reference.
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Assessment
100% continuous assessment. NO FINAL EXAM.
Assignments / exercises - 40%,
Project - 30%
Tests - 20%
Attendence / participation - 10%
Additional requirement:
Attendence is now compulsory. You may be barred from continuing this
course if you fail to attend the classes (> 30% absence).
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).
- 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 through Fundamental
of
Mathematica
Programming.
Textbooks
- The required textbook for this course: Giordano and
Nakanishi
- Supplimentary textbook: A first course in computational
physics, by Paul L.DeVries, John WIley 1994.
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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