| Text: | Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods (2nd ed), by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik, (Addison-Wesley, 1996). |
| Required: | TrueBasic (Purchase or make due with free demo version). |
| Class: | Individually, once a week, or by appointment. |
| Grading: | Weekly Reading and Exercises (50%), Term Project (50%). |
Exercises: (find programs here) |
| Week 1: | Read Chaps. 1-2. |
| Week 2: | Do Prob. 2.3 (assume r=0.04, Tab. 2.2 is wrong!) and 2.6, read Chaps. 3-4. |
| Week 3: | Simple: Do Prob. 3.3 by modifying drag and using "output to file" from Appendix 3B (see also Sec. 5.4). |
| Harder (start early!): Do Project 4.3 by modifying planet2. (All initial conditions given in the problem are indeed correct as given!) | |
| Read Chap. 5. | |
| Week 4: | Finish Project 4.3, parts a-c. |
| Week 5: | Problem 5.2, parts a-h. Read all of Chap. 6. |
| Week 6: | Problems 6.3, 6.4 (a-d), and 6.15. Here is a sample plot for 6.15. Remember to write up your results in a formatted report! |
| Week 7: | Finish problem 6.15; read Chap. 7; do problem 7.6 (note: there is an elegant RECURSIVE routine for part f!). |
| Week 8: | Finish reading Chap. 7; do problem 7.16a and your share of 7.11,12, or 13. |
| Week 9: | Read Chap. 11; start problem 11.14. Important: By April 1 select one "Project" from the book (Chap. 8 onward) for your term-paper. (If you have problems picking one, come and see me.) Project papers will be due last day of classes, and we will have a presentation session (instead of a final), where each student gives a talk on his/her results for 30min. |
| Week 10: | Finish problem 11.14, read Chap. 13; start problem 13.5. |
| Week 11: | Finish problem 13.5, start problem 13.9. Make appointment to discuss your project! |
| Week 12: | Finish problem 13.9, read Chap. 14 (Sec. 1-2 only!); start problems 14.1 and 14.4. |
| Week 13: | Finish problems 14.1 and 14.4. |
| Questions? | Send e-mail here. |
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