ZCE 111

Computational Approach in Physics Learning

Instructor: Yoon Tiem Leong
Course webpage (temporarily): http://comsics.usm.my/tlyoon/teaching/ZCE111_1516SEM2/
USM elearning course webpage for ZCE 111 (for forum discussion and assignments submission)

Mon 9 - 10 pm; Tue 11-12 pm; Fri: 3-5 pm
The time slots are still tentative, and may be modified for the conveniece of all (to be decided after discussing with the students)
Venue: Computer lab, School of Physics, USM)


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Course Information

Lecture Notes and Mathematica codes

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.

Homework Assignments

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. 

Additional requirement:

Attendence is now compulsory. You may be barred from continuing this course if you fail to attend the classes (> 30% absence).

Assessment

100 % from continuous assessment, including assignments and presentations.

Showcase projects by previous students of ZCE 111

     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 comsics.usm.my. 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 CenterFundamental of Mathematica Programming. so that you can refer it at your finger tips. You are also suggested to work through



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