ZCE 111

Computational Approach in Physics Learning

Instructor: Yoon Tiem Leong
Course webpage: http://comsics.usm.my/tlyoon/teaching/ZCE111/1718SEM2/
USM E-learning course webpage for ZCE 111 (for forum discussion and assignments submission)

Tue 3 - 5 pm; Fri: 3-5 pm
The time slots are still tentative, and may be modified for the convenience 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/tempates and Mathematica codes

Homework Assignments

There is a certain number of homework assignments you must submit. These assignments 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 E-learning portal.

 

Additional requirement:

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

Assessment

 

 

      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 installation file (~ 1 GB). Suggest to download version 11.x.x. But you can download other versions if you like. 

·       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).

·       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

·       Oregon State University

·       Computational Physics, Angus MacKinnon, Imperial College

·       Computational Physics 1, University at Buffalo

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