Physics 332: Computational Physics II

Westminster College

Spring 2010

• Instructor
  • Dr. Douglas Armstead
  • Hoyt 124
  • 724-946-7201 or x7201
  • armstedn@westminster.edu
  
  
• Laboratory
  • Electronics Lab
  • Thursday
  • 2:00-5:00 p.m.
  • Course Syllabus
  
  
• Text
  • Authors: Giordano \& Nakanishi
  • Title: Computational Physics
  • Edition: 2nd
  • Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
  
  
• Homework
• Course Supplementals
  • One choice for a computer symbolic solver is Sage which is open source (free) software. It is not as intuitive as Mathematica, but neither does it have the price tag of Mathematica.
  • The compiler and software development system we are using in the lab are freely available. For best results you need to install them in the following order.
    • The compiler comes as part of MinGW. The software can be downloaded here, the current version is MinGW-5.1.6.exe and provides the GNU C++ compiler (g++). Be sure to accept the default locations the installer suggests.
    • Once you have downloaded and installed the compiler you will need to get the eclipse software development system for C++. It is available for download here. and is called "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers". After you install eclipse it should automatically detect the MinGW software and be ready to work.