Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer
By: by Erich W. Schmid, Gerhard Spitz, Wolfgang Lösch
Contributors: Spitz, Gerhard; Lösch, Wolfgang
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9783642970900; 9783642970887
Subjects: Engineering; Mathematical physics; Physics
Description: Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer is a novel, easy-to-comprehend and well-structured text, ideal as an introduction to problem-solving with computers for advanced undergraduate students. Sixteen instructive chapters are included in this book, covering the fields of classical mechanics, wave physics, electrodynamics, thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. In each chapter, a problem is first explained and placed into its physical context before an outline of the appropriate numerical steps, the corresponding program in FORTRAN 77 and various related problems are discussed. The final section of each chapter discusses the solutions and gives examples of graphics outputs. The required software for this book is included on floppy disk. It has been designed for the IBM PC/AT and can be used on compatibles and mainframes with only minor changes. For students and lecturers this book will prove to be an indispensable guide for classes in physics, applied mathematics, computer science and engineering.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Numerical Differentiation and Introduction into Screen Dialogue; title: Numerical Integration; title: Harmonic Oscillations with Sliding and Static Friction, Graphical Output of Curves; title: Anharmonic Free and Forced Oscillations; title: Coupled Harmonic Oscillations; title: The Flight Path of a Space Craft as a Solution of the HAMILTON Equations; title: The Celestial Mechanics Three-body Problem; title: Computation of Electric Fields by the Method of Successive Over-relaxation; title: The VAN DER WAALS Equation; title: Solution of the FOURIER Heat Conduction Equation and the "Geo-Power Station"; title: Group and Phase Velocity in the Example of Water Waves; title: Solution of the Radial SCHRÖDINGER Equation by the FOX-GOODWIN Method; title: The Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator; title: Solution of the SCHRÖDINGER Equation in Harmonic Oscillator Representation; title: The Ground State of the Helium Atom by the HYLLERAAS Method; title: The Spherical Harmonics; title: The Spherical BESSEL Functions; title: Scattering of an Uncharged Particle from a Spherically Symmetric Potential; title: References; title: Subject Index.