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American Journal of Physics -- April 2008 -- Volume 76, Issue 4, pp. 314

A project-oriented course in computational physics: Algorithms, parallel computing, and graphics

C. Rebbi

Department of Physics and Center for Computational Science, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215

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I describe an undergraduate course in computational physics in which by focusing on a limited number of physics projects, the students are gradually introduced to numerical algorithms, parallel computing, graphics rendering, and visualization.

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Keywords

computer aided instruction, data visualisation, educational courses, numerical analysis, parallel processing, physics computing, physics education, rendering (computer graphics)

PACS

  • 02.70.-c

    Computational techniques; simulations

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History
Received Sep 2007
Accepted Dec 2007
Online Mar 2008

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0002-9505 (print)  

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2839093

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