Computational Physics Simulation of Classical and Quantum Systems /

• Main Author: Scherer, Philipp O.J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry.; Engineering mathematics.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00401-3

This textbook presents basic and advanced computational physics in a very didactic style. It contains very-well-presented and simple mathematical descriptions of many of the most important algorithms used in computational physics. Many clear mathematical descriptions of important techniques in compu...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Numerical Methods
• Error Analysis
• Interpolation
• Numerical Differentiation
• Numerical Integration
• Systems of Inhomogeneous Linear Equations
• Roots and Extremal Points
• Fourier Transformation
• Random Numbers and Monte-Carlo Methods
• Eigenvalue Problems
• Data Fitting
• Discretization of Differential Equations
• Equations of Motion
• Part II Simulation of Classical and Quantum Systems
• Rotational Motion
• Molecular Dynamics
• Thermodynamic Systems
• Random Walk and Brownian Motion
• Electrostatics
• Waves
• Diffusion
• Nonlinear Systems
• Simple Quantum Systems.