Overview
- Explains numerical techniques and provides many examples to which these can be applied
- Teaches the basics of numerical methods
- Explains the simulation of classical and quantum systems
- Summarizes various computational methods in physics
- Students benefit from this carefully written introduction to computational physics
- Contains exercises and solutions to all topics
- Provides algorithms for computer experiments
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Numerical Methods
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Simulation of Classical and Quantum Systems
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Book Title: Computational Physics
Book Subtitle: Simulation of Classical and Quantum Systems
Authors: Philipp O. J. Scherer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13990-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-13990-1Published: 26 November 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 319
Number of Illustrations: 116 b/w illustrations
Topics: Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Complex Systems, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, Physical Chemistry, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems