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This course provides an introduction to some of the most widely used methods
of computational physics, including numerical integration (elementary
algorithms and Monte Carlo techniques), numerical solutions of differential
equations (classical equations of motion, time independent and time dependent
Schrodinger equations), molecular dynamics simulations (liquids and gases), Monte
Carlo simulations (classical models of magnetism), and exact diagonalization
of quantum many-body Hamiltonians (models of quantum magnetism). In addition
to giving the students a basic working knowledge of these particular
techniques, the goal is to make them proficient in scientific computing and
programming in general, so that they will be prepared to tackle also other
computational problem that they may encounter in the future. The Fortran 90
programming language will be used. The full syllabus is available
here.
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