COSC 1229/1479
Computational Science 1

Lecture Handouts

Note: There is no need to print these, as printed versions of any extra handouts will be provided each lecture and they all appear in the notes.

Lecture Topic

1: Intro and Overview (pdf)

2: Fundamentals of Numeric Analysis (pdf)

Java at Middle Age: Enabling Java for Computational Science

Java and Numerical Computing

What every Computer Scientist should know about Floating Point Arithmetic

3: Kinematics (pdf)

4: Collision Dynamics (pdf)

5: Computational Complexity (pdf)

Combinatorics, Complexity, and Randomness

6: Physically-Based Modelling (pdf)

Differential Equation Basics

Particle System Dynamics

7: Particles and Pendula (pdf)

8: Multiple Spring Systems (pdf)

Calculus to Chaos - Chapter 5: Elementary Oscillations

Simple ODE Solvers - Derivation

Physics for Game Developers - Chap 6: Projectiles

9: Overview of Matlab / Octave (pdf)

10: 1D Signal Analysis (pdf)

11: Chaos (pdf)

Chaos from Non-linear Mappings

Anticipating Chaotic Synchronisation

12: Fractal Geometry and Chaos (pdf)

13: 2D Image/Surface Analysis (pdf)

14: Monte-Carlo Methods (pdf)

Computational Physics, chap 7 - Monte-Carlo Applications

15: Revision (pdf)

2001, Semester 2 Exam (ps.gz)

2001, Semester 2 Exam solutions (ps.gz)

2002, Practice Questions (ps.gz)

2002, Practice Answers (ps.gz)

Last modified: 14-Oct-2003